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Location of trace fossils and problematica of George Frederic Matthew from Part W, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Randall F. Miller
Randall F. Miller*
Affiliation:
Steinhammer Palaeontology Laboratory, New Brunswick Museum, 277 Douglas Avenue, Saint John, NB E2K 1E5 Canada
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George frederic matthew studied the geology of eastern Canada during the late 1800's to early 1900's and became an authority on Cambrian paleontology. Matthew advised the Geological Survey of Canada as its Cambrian expert and published over 200 papers spanning topics from Precambrian stromatolites to Pennsylvanian arthropods to archaeology (Miller, 1988a; Landing and Miller, 1988). He described a number of trace fossils and problematica cited in Hantzschel (1975), but the location of some specimens and their status has been uncertain, sometimes considered missing. Most of the specimens have now been located and this paper summarizes their current location.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 70 , Issue 1 , January 1996 , pp. 169 - 171
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