. Acadian geology [microform] : the geological structure, organic remains and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Geology; Paleontology; Geology; Geology; Geologie; Paléontologie; Géologie; Géologie. I'' ^TT^ yf^mt^^ 'â U''. 328 THE CAUBONIFEROUS SYSTEM. southerly (Tipping beds towards Cape John probably extend under Tatamagoucho IJay, and are continuous Avith the rocks on the south side of Cape Malagash. A coal district so singular in Its structure, and probably also in the mode of formation of its beds, as that of the Albion Mines, might be antic
. Acadian geology [microform] : the geological structure, organic remains and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. Geology; Paleontology; Geology; Geology; Geologie; Paléontologie; Géologie; Géologie. I'' ^TT^ yf^mt^^ 'â U''. 328 THE CAUBONIFEROUS SYSTEM. southerly (Tipping beds towards Cape John probably extend under Tatamagoucho IJay, and are continuous Avith the rocks on the south side of Cape Malagash. A coal district so singular in Its structure, and probably also in the mode of formation of its beds, as that of the Albion Mines, might be anticipated to afford interesting and peculiar fossils. Unfortunately, however, these beds are not exposed in good natural sections, and the operations of the miner are a very imperfect substitute for these. One bed, however, included in the Albion main coal has afforded some interesting facts. It is a seam of coaly ironstone varying in thickness from four inches to a foot, and in some portions of the mine is extracted with the coal and thrown aside as rubbish, so that large quantities of it can be examined at the surface. It contains abundance of Spirorbis, attached to much-decayed plants. Scales and teeth of large fishes are also found in it, as Avell as fragments of the bony spines with which they were armed.* Some of tlie latter are half an inch in diameter. A still more interesting fossil was found by the vriter in this bed in 1850. It is the upper part of a skull, seven inches in breadth and five inches in length, and armed with strong conical teeth, somewhat curved, and finely striated longitudinally (Fig. 137). This fossil was sent to London, and examined by Professor Fig. 137.â Outline of Skull of BajActes rianicciis reduced; and Tooth, natural {«) Anterior part of skull, viewed from beneath. (b) One of the largest teeth, natural size. Owen, by whom it was described and figured in the Proceedings of the Geological Society (1853) under the name of Baphetes
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