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  • Re: Ediacarian Excavation

    From John Harshman@21:1/5 to erik simpson on Wed Jun 14 17:33:43 2023
    On 6/14/23 5:19 PM, erik simpson wrote:
    On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 5:00:32 PM UTC-7, David Dalton wrote:
    Recently a treasure trove of fossils was discovered in
    the Newfoundland community of Upper Island Cove.
    It is slightly younger than the famous Mistaken Point
    discovery but the fossils are higher relief and more
    closely/densely spaced.

    Here is an article on the discovery, from Memorial University’s
    Gazette newspaper:

    https://gazette.mun.ca/research/ediacaran-excavation/

    Since it is on private land it probably won’t be made available
    for visitation by the public, but there are plans to make
    a replica available eventually. But paleontologists can probably
    make arrangements with Duncan McIlroy, whose email
    is give in the article, if they wish to visit the site.

    --
    https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) >> "This could be the final breath; This is life and death;
    This is hard rock and water; Out here between wind and flame;
    Between tears and elation; Lies a secret nation" (Ron Hynes)
    Thanks for the heads-up. Awaiting publications or acknowledgment from professionals. The fossils anren't "new o science". They're typical frondose
    rangeomorphs of the Avalonian assemblage. But very interesting.

    Nice preservation, and some of them seem, based on the article, to be
    unusually large.

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  • From erik simpson@21:1/5 to David Dalton on Wed Jun 14 17:19:27 2023
    On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 5:00:32 PM UTC-7, David Dalton wrote:
    Recently a treasure trove of fossils was discovered in
    the Newfoundland community of Upper Island Cove.
    It is slightly younger than the famous Mistaken Point
    discovery but the fossils are higher relief and more
    closely/densely spaced.

    Here is an article on the discovery, from Memorial University’s
    Gazette newspaper:

    https://gazette.mun.ca/research/ediacaran-excavation/

    Since it is on private land it probably won’t be made available
    for visitation by the public, but there are plans to make
    a replica available eventually. But paleontologists can probably
    make arrangements with Duncan McIlroy, whose email
    is give in the article, if they wish to visit the site.

    --
    https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "This could be the final breath; This is life and death;
    This is hard rock and water; Out here between wind and flame;
    Between tears and elation; Lies a secret nation" (Ron Hynes)
    Thanks for the heads-up. Awaiting publications or acknowledgment from professionals. The fossils anren't "new o science". They're typical frondose rangeomorphs of the Avalonian assemblage. But very interesting.

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