A number of fossil plants were donated by Ron Eydt, former Biology Professor at the University of Waterloo. The fossils are all coal fossils of leaves and other pieces of prehistoric plants.
(The fossils in this collection are currently not on display)
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Mariopteris nervosa and Neuropteris scheuch-serc. Sydney Coal Field, Moien Group
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Alethopteris davreuxi. Sydney Harbour; between North Sydney and Sydney Mines
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Sigillaria laevigata. Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Found in the Roof of the Emery Coal Seam
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Calamite Foliage. Annularia spheno-phylloides. Sydney Mines, N.S. Haybouy Coal Seam Moyien Group
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Annularia acicularis. Riversdale Group. First railway cut east of Riversdale, Nova Scotia. Calamites leaves
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Asterophyllites equisisetiformis. Morien Group, Sydney Coal Field, Nova Scotia. Calamites leaves preserved in shale
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Annularia aciculayis. First Railroad Cut, East Riversdale. Pennsylvanian, Riversdale Group