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Place of Birth: Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada
About Eldon George
- Eldon Thomas George (May 10, 1931 – November 29, 2018) was a Canadian fossil collector and amateur geologist who made many significant discoveries on the shores of Minas Basin and the Bay of Fundy from the time that he began his fossil and mineral hunting career in the 1940s.
- George found the world's smallest dinosaur tracks in 1984 near Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- His other finds include a wide variety of fossilized amphibian and dinosaur prints that were displayed, along with the world's smallest dinosaur tracks, at his Parrsboro Rock and Mineral Shop and Museum.
- One of them is a 17-inch (43 cm) track that may have been a primitive, two-legged, crocodile-like creature that was nearly 20 feet (6.1 m) long.
- George's other discoveries include a fossilized insect with three pairs of wings and a tiny horseshoe crab that supplies a "missing link" in the area's natural history.George's interest in mineralogy led him to become an influential advocate for stilbite as Nova Scotia's provincial mineral.Over the decades, George's discoveries and stories have been featured or mentioned in a wide variety of publications including the Christian Science Monitor, the New York Times and National Geographic.
- He also appeared in the five-part CBC Television series Geologic Journey, narrated by David Suzuki.
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