Abstract
Introduction While engaged in making a paleontological survey of the rock formations of the Upper Paleozoic in Nova Scotia, and also studying material placed at his disposal from previous collections in the Geological Survey Department, the writer has discovered what appears to be sufficient evidence for the determination of the geological horizon of a series of strata which occur in the western corner of Antigonish county, extend into the adjacent county of Pictou, Nova Scotia, and measure probably not less than 1,000 feet in its greatest development. One of the best natural sections where this series may be examined and studied to advantage occurs in the valley of erosion through which flows McArras brook. A measured section recently made by Mr Hugh Fletcher, of the Geological Survey of Canada, and cited below, gives a total thickness of 684 feet. The strata in question are placed in the Lower or Eo-Devonian, . . .
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