Brule, Nova Scotia
Brule, Nova Scotia is a community west of New Glasgow on the Northumberland Strait, in north-central Nova Scotia.
Brule is famous for its fossil discoveries, of about 290 mya, in the late Triassic or early Jurassic Period. An Interpretive Centre contains examples of the fossils.
Brule fossil forest
The Brule fossil forest is composed of the ancient tree species: Walchia sp. The forest contains fallen logs, as well as about 90 in-situ-(standing) tree trunks, and leaflets or branch fossils. The 'Brule Forest' is the only example of standing trees, or in-situ tree-trunks of Walchia.
Four-footed, tetrapod animal fossil trackways are also found in the fossil rich rocks.
There is a museum at Brule displaying these fossils, called the Brule Fossil Center.
See also
- Walchia
- Mistaken Point, older fossils in Newfoundland and Labrador
External links
45°42′26.1″N 63°1′39.8″W / 45.707250°N 63.027722°W
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