. Acadian geology : the geological structure, organic remains, and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Geology -- New Brunswick; Geology -- Nova Scotia; Geology -- Prince Edward Island; Paleontology -- New Brunswick; Paleontology -- Nova Scotia; Paleontology -- Prince Edward Island. 328 THE CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM. southerly dipping beds towards Cape John probably extend under Tataraagouche Bay, and are continuous with 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
. Acadian geology : the geological structure, organic remains, and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island. Geology -- New Brunswick; Geology -- Nova Scotia; Geology -- Prince Edward Island; Paleontology -- New Brunswick; Paleontology -- Nova Scotia; Paleontology -- Prince Edward Island. 328 THE CARBONIFEROUS SYSTEM. southerly dipping beds towards Cape John probably extend under Tataraagouche Bay, and are continuous with 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. Uufortunatelyj 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 vaiying 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 well as fragments of the bony spines with which they were armed.* Some of the latter are half an inch in diameter. A still more interesting fossil was found by the writer 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.— Outline of Skull of Baphcles PlanicejJS reduced; and Tooth, natural b (a) 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
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