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Joggins Fossil Cliffs, the “Coal Age Galápagos”

The Joggins Fossil Cliffs near Joggins, Nova Scotia, photographed in 2010.
The Joggins Fossil Cliffs near Joggins, Nova Scotia, photographed in 2010. Joggins Fossil Cliffs, Joggins, Nova Scotia 01 · Gorob · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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About 300 million years ago, the eastern shore of Chignecto Bay, on the Bay of Fundy, was a tropical wetland forest near the equator. The Joggins Fossil Cliffs in Nova Scotia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008, hold the best and most complete known fossil record of land life in the “Coal Age,” including the first reptiles in Earth’s history.

Scope & context

The fossil record and its significance, not the site’s coal-mining history.

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Parks Canada (World Heritage Sites in Canada)

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