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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Indeed! I was just reading the Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology (1977) paper.

Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This 400 million year old fossil is one of the oldest fossil plants from Nova Scotia. A Devonian plant from Murphy Brook Formation, Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Will not be at GSA - but will send you a few references by email, which may be relevant and helpful.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Also, feel free to leave a comment directly on the web post, if you prefer.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What are a few of the additional arms that you would add?

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thinking about a geoheritage concept map and what makes geoheritage collections and perspectives valuable for the future. edinos.ca/geoheritage-... ⚒️

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Geoheritage Concept Map - eDinos: Stones, Stories and Skeletons

A concept map of geoheritage collections that includes people, places, geoscience, taphonomy and taxonomy.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Strange indeed. Maybe something was lost in translation. ;)

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Starting to share some progress on Sketchy Fossils - graphic narratives about fossils, geology and palaeontology at edinos.ca/sketchy-foss...

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Sketchy Fossils - 1 - eDinos: Stones, Stories and Skeletons

Sketches that explore graphic narratives about fossils, geology and palaeontology.

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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Sometimes important fossils are #TeenyTinyThings - like this 200 million year old Tritheledont tooth that was collected during a public fossil dig at Wasson Bluff in 2016. The tooth is from an extinct mouse sized animal (10-20 cm) that was a close relative to early mammals.

A 2016 Canadian Bluenose Dime with a tiny orange and white fossil tooth, one-sixth the diameter of the Dime.

two close up views of the tooth crown and root, inner and outer surfaces.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This is a remarkable and enjoyable book. Life Between The Tides, Adam Nicolson. Highly recommend for summer reading along the seashore.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

House rules, that's a free trade in.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

For #FossilFriday - a 300 million year old Neuropteris frond that was found yesterday during a site survey on the northern shore of #NovaScotia. Summer sunshine illuminates and warms an ancient fern leaf again after 300 million years. The beauty of natural history in this present moment. ⚒️

Dark brown rock with a fern fossil on the surface, being held in a hand in front of a beach blurred in the background. A burred orange and white dots at the top of the beach may be a person.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Explore MacAskill’s original photo online from the Nova Scotia Archives at: archives.novascotia.ca/macaskill/ar...

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

I recognized MacAskill’s vantage point was at the East Bay geosite of the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark, near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. So I visited the site, did a drawing and took a modern photo. #geoheritage ⚒️

Drawing of seascape and rock coastline, titled Glooscap’s Gate

Photograph of a drawing in front of a rocky coastline with Cape Split and Cape Sharp in the distance.

Modern photograph of a rocky coastline with linear sedimentary features and other shoreline in the distant horizon.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

W R MacAskill (1887-1956) was an award winning photographer when he had this photo titled “Glooscap’s Gateway, Nova Scotia”, published in The Saturday Evening Post @satevepost.bsky.social in May 1930.

Photograph of a rocky coastline with linear sedimentary features framing distant shorelines on the horizon

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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It is a rainy day in Nova Scotia. These impressions were made by raindrops falling millions of years ago, a prehistoric weather event frozen in the fossil record. Check out another Fossil Rain Print on our Collection Online: collections.novascotia.ca/object-967gs...

A fossilized slab of sedimentary rock covered in small, circular pits. These impressions were created by raindrops hitting soft mud millions of years ago.

Close up of a fossilized slab of sedimentary rock covered in small, circular pits. These impressions were created by raindrops hitting soft mud millions of years ago.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

“Dear mother, I am well—are you? I am doing very well, it feels like summer. Don’t worry about me, or about grandfather. I will write. Your loving son, John.” “I have arrived at ‘Y Depot’ — all is well. We have already had two flights over the sea. The place is nice. The weather is wonderful.”

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Thanks for everyone's suggestions. Also wondering about the writing in pencil above.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Correction: I think this was sent to his mother, not his aunt.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Can someone help #translate this postcard sent by my grandfather to his Aunt, from Ukrainian to English?

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This summer - you can see these and other mastodon friends at the Cape Breton Fossil Centre in Sydney Mines - in the Age of the Mastodon exhibit. On display until September. #CapeBreton

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Everyone knows Gus and his good friend Root the Wood Turtle @mnhnovascotia.bsky.social - but did you know that the NSM Geology Collection also has 80,000 year old Wood Turtles from the mastodon sinkhole? Imagine putting these ancient puzzles together!

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

A beautiful thought and insight. Thanks for sharing. The geological map of Nova Scotia is also dominated by a large fault, the Cobequid Chedabucto fault system running west to east from the break up of Pangaea.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Two geology maps of #NovaScotia. The first is the full geology map of Nova Scotia, the second is what a palaeontologist sees - all the sedimentary formations with potential fossils. ⚒️. What do you see when you look at a geology map?

Geology map of Nova Scotia, with mosaic of colours, orange, green, light blue, yellow and pink, representing the distribution of rocks of specific types and ages.

Geology map of Nova Scotia with colours brown, yellow and light blue, distributed around the Bay of Fundy, North Shore and Cape Breton.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Between 1828 and 1832, Charles Jackson and Francis Alger, two geologists from Boston, published the first geological map of #NovaScotia.

Map of Nova Scotia from 1832 with blue, pink, red and yellow watercolours showing types of rocks found. Titled - A New Geological Map of the Peninsula of Nova Scotia, with a Section"

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

In 1832, Jacob Green MD was the FIRST to illustrate and describe a fossil from #NovaScotia - Asaphus crypturus, a giant Devonian trilobite from #MooseRiver at #Clementsport. Green also made plaster reference casts shared with museums around the world. He obtained the fossi from Francis Alger.

Cover of historic paper titled "Monograph of the Trilobites of North America with Colored Models of the Species" by Jacob Green, M. D. 1832

Plaster cast of Asaphus crypturus, from Bristol Museums Collections.

Lithograph of giant trilobite fossil Asaphus crytpurus (Green)

Fossil of Asaphus crypturus in the Nova Scotia Museum colletions. 967GF176.001

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

During today's tribute to Dr. Hans-Dieter Sues, Paul Olsen shared how Hans was able to identify the tooth of Oligokyphus within a few seconds of looking at a photo. Hans' knowledge was unparalleled, and he was always so supportive. ⚒️ @canjearthsci.bsky.social - dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2014-0220

Image of the fossil tooth and jaw fragment of Oligokyphus, from Wasson Bluff, Nova Scotia. From Canadian Journal of Earth Science.

Image of Hans Sues (left) and several of his favorite Nova Scotia fossils, Teraterpeton hrynewichorum, Hypsognathus fenneri, and Clevosaurus bairdi.

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UNESCO International Geodiversity Day @geodiversityday.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

🇨🇦 In this guest article Tim Fedak outlines how the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark, Nova Scotia, Canada celebrated International Geodiversity Day 2025 with a very special guided hike. www.geodiversityday.org/post/geodive...

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Geodiversity Day 2025 at the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark

In this guest article Tim Fedak outlines how the Cliffs of Fundy UNESCO Global Geopark, Nova Scotia, Canada celebrated International Geodiversity Day 2025 with a very special guided hike.Photo of…

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

For #FossilFriday - spent a bit of time in the Dinosaur Exploration exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in #Halifax #NovaScotia.

Drawing of dinosaur skulls Plateosaurus and Coelophysis with skeletons in the background.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

He recognized the many connections between the Petrified Forest and rift basin deposits along the east coast.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

We are also looking forward to your visit.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Hans made huge contributions to Nova Scotia geology ⚒️and the Fundy Geological Museum.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I was deeply saddened to hear of the recent passing of Dr. Hans-Dieter Sues. He has generously supported my work over the past thirty years and he made huge contributions to paleontology here in #NovaScotia. From 2021, a @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social showcase video youtu.be/AjzIuaQ-Qn0 - RIP Hans.

Photo of Dr. Hans-Dieter Sues and Tim Fedak, photograph of Teraterpeton skull, skull of Hypsognathus, and Clevosaurus, all from Nova Scotia.

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

#FossilFriday drawing of Plateosaurus skull and neck - on display in Dinosaur Explorations exhibit at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax. @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

On #museumselfieday saying hello to our OLD friend Hypsognathus in the Geology Collections of the Nova Scotia Museum. You can now say hello as well, with Collections Online at collections.novascotia.ca/object-nsm99...

Selfie of museum curator holding the small skull of Hypsognathus in his hand

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

In case you might find this interesting, the "Science and Practice of Road Making", from The Bee newspaper, Pictou, Nova Scotia, January 1836. #urbangeology #historyofgeology

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

This image is a highlight of 2025. It represents celebration of geoheritage, geodiversity, and community engagement. www.geodiversityday.org/post/geodive...

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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

NEW - Explore Our Collections This new site, Nova Scotia Museum Collections Online, allows users to explore of some of the highlights in the Nova Scotia Museum collection. We will be adding content regularly. collections.novascotia.ca #NSMCollections #NovaScotiaMuseum #novascotia

Graphic with the text Nova Scotia Museum Collections Online and a Plate Of Baleen

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Tim Fedak PhD @timfedak.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Only those who were there, know how great an event this was. @jasonloxton.bsky.social

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