The Lagersatatte - A Fossil Motherlode
Let's Build A 'Paleo-Centre' at Blue Beach Blue Beach Nova Scotia Canada 'A PALEO-MAVERICKS DREAM' A "fossil lagerstatte" is a place where the evidence coming from the fossils provides a unique window into the past, making it invaluable to science. Lagerstattes are irreplacable and one of a kind. The term comes from the German word, literally meaning "place of deposit" - but in paleo it has come to me an "motherlode". (Photo credit: Gerald MacKenzie) Blue Beach, in Nova Scotia (Canada) is the oldest Carboniferous fossil lagerstatte, with a wide array of fossil evidence that informs us about life roughly 350,000,000 years ago, when the first tetrapod groups began radiating into key terrestrial groups. (Photo credit: Google) The evidence from Blue Beach is proven to be rich in not only vertebrate bones: it also contains a diversity of plants and invertebrates, and an amazing diversity of trace fossils. Blue ...