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Point Aconi fossil cliffs

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

FossilsFossils

Also reported: Calamites, Lepidodendron bark.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Carboniferous coal measure cliffs on Cape Breton with fern and lycopod impressions in fallen slabs

Documented plant fossil shore in the Sydney coalfield.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

undercut cliffs, tides

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