Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Hylonomus lyelli is Coming Home to Joggins


Great news! Hylonomus lyelli, the world’s oldest reptile fossil and found only at Joggins in 1859, is returning home! Join us at the Joggins Fossil Centre on Saturday, April 23rd from 2-4 pm for the exhibit unveiling and a special presentation by Dr. Jenny Clack, world-renowned vertebrate palaeontologist from Cambridge University. Hylonomus lyelli, the ancestor to dinosaurs and Nova Scotia’s Provincial Fossil, is on loan from the Museum of Natural History, London and will be on display at the Joggins Fossil Centre for the 2011 season.


This presentation has been brought to you in partnership with the Atlantic Geoscience Society and the Joggins Fossil Institute.

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