Recently a treasure trove of fossils was discovered in
the Newfoundland community of Upper Island Cove.
It is slightly younger than the famous Mistaken Point
discovery but the fossils are higher relief and more
closely/densely spaced.

Here is an article on the discovery, from Memorial University’s
Gazette newspaper:

https://gazette.mun.ca/research/ediacaran-excavation/

Since it is on private land it probably won’t be made available
for visitation by the public, but there are plans to make
a replica available eventually. But paleontologists can probably
make arrangements with Duncan McIlroy, whose email
is give in the article, if they wish to visit the site.

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On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 5:00:32 PM UTC-7, David Dalton wrote:
> Recently a treasure trove of fossils was discovered in
> the Newfoundland community of Upper Island Cove.
> It is slightly younger than the famous Mistaken Point
> discovery but the fossils are higher relief and more
> closely/densely spaced.
>
> Here is an article on the discovery, from Memorial University’s
> Gazette newspaper:
>
> https://gazette.mun.ca/research/ediacaran-excavation/
>
> Since it is on private land it probably won’t be made available
> for visitation by the public, but there are plans to make
> a replica available eventually. But paleontologists can probably
> make arrangements with Duncan McIlroy, whose email
> is give in the article, if they wish to visit the site.
>
> --
> https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
> "This could be the final breath; This is life and death;
> This is hard rock and water; Out here between wind and flame;
> Between tears and elation; Lies a secret nation" (Ron Hynes)
Thanks for the heads-up. Awaiting publications or acknowledgment from
professionals. The fossils anren't "new o science". They're typical frondose
rangeomorphs of the Avalonian assemblage. But very interesting.

On 6/14/23 5:19 PM, erik simpson wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 14, 2023 at 5:00:32 PM UTC-7, David Dalton wrote:
>> Recently a treasure trove of fossils was discovered in
>> the Newfoundland community of Upper Island Cove.
>> It is slightly younger than the famous Mistaken Point
>> discovery but the fossils are higher relief and more
>> closely/densely spaced.
>>
>> Here is an article on the discovery, from Memorial University’s
>> Gazette newspaper:
>>
>> https://gazette.mun.ca/research/ediacaran-excavation/
>>
>> Since it is on private land it probably won’t be made available
>> for visitation by the public, but there are plans to make
>> a replica available eventually. But paleontologists can probably
>> make arrangements with Duncan McIlroy, whose email
>> is give in the article, if they wish to visit the site.
>>
>> --
>> https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
>> "This could be the final breath; This is life and death;
>> This is hard rock and water; Out here between wind and flame;
>> Between tears and elation; Lies a secret nation" (Ron Hynes)
> Thanks for the heads-up. Awaiting publications or acknowledgment from
> professionals. The fossils anren't "new o science". They're typical frondose
> rangeomorphs of the Avalonian assemblage. But very interesting.

Nice preservation, and some of them seem, based on the article, to be
unusually large.

On Jun 14, 2023, David Dalton wrote
(in article<0001HW.2A3A8C1E00372D3470000ECA038F@news.eternal-september.org>):

> Recently a treasure trove of fossils was discovered in
> the Newfoundland community of Upper Island Cove.
> It is slightly younger than the famous Mistaken Point
> discovery but the fossils are higher relief and more
> closely/densely spaced.
>
> Here is an article on the discovery, from Memorial University’s
> Gazette newspaper:
>
> https://gazette.mun.ca/research/ediacaran-excavation/
>
> Since it is on private land it probably won’t be made available
> for visitation by the public, but there are plans to make
> a replica available eventually. But paleontologists can probably
> make arrangements with Duncan McIlroy, whose email
> is give in the article, if they wish to visit the site.

On talk.origins there was a question as to whether those
studying the site are sufficiently professional, and I replied:

The lead investigator is Duncan McIlroy, who is Research Professor
in paleontology in The Department of Earth Sciences at Memorial
University, the largest university in Canada east of Montreal, and
he has six current graduate students (two M.Sc. candidates and
four Ph.D. candidates), according to his departmental web page, which is
https://www.mun.ca/earthsciences/our-people/faculty/dr-duncan-mcilroy/ .

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https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)
"This could be the final breath; This is life and death;
This is hard rock and water; Out here between wind and flame;
Between tears and elation; Lies a secret nation" (Ron Hynes)