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Alumnus Part of Fossil Trackway Discovery

Feb 01, 2024

Ted Matheson and student Jessica MacIsaac examine the landscape near Creignish
"CBU geology professor Ted Matheson and student Jessica MacIsaac examine the landscape near Creignish, where Matheson first spotted the fossilized tracks." (source: CBC). Photo credit: Jason Loxton

Alumnus Dr. Edward Matheson, BSc'12, MSc'15, and his student from Cape Breton University, Jessica McIsaac, are part of a team that found a Carboniferous fossil trackway of a “crocodile-like swamp animal” in Cape Breton.

Read the article titled, "Fossilized tracks of rare 320-million-year-old animal found in Cape Breton" on the CBC website for all the exciting details!