Fluorine Content of Microsaur Teeth from the Carboniferous Rocks of Joggins, Nova Scotia
- 23 December 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 154 (3756), 1548-1550
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.154.3756.1548
Abstract
Because the Carboniferous deposits at Joggins, Nova Scotia, contain the earliest fauna of terrestrial vertebrates, the extremely well-preserved teeth of these ancient animals are of special interest. The " mineral" composition of teeth from the Joggins microsaur Hylerpeton dawsoni is crystallochemically identical with francolite, a carbonate fluorapatite. The fluorine content of the fossilized dentin is 3.1 percent, which is much higher than any previoulsly recorded for fossil teeth.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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