Horton Bluff Formation

{{Short description|Geologic formation in Nova Scotia, Canada}}

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| name = Horton Bluff Formation

| image = Raindrop impressions mcr1.jpg

| caption = Raindrop impressions preserved in Horton Bluff sandstone

| type = Formation

| period = Carboniferous

| age = Carboniferous

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| region = Nova Scotia

| country = Canada

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The Horton Bluff Formation is a geologic formation in Nova Scotia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period. It is located 2.5 kilometres southeast of Avonport Station.{{Cite journal|last1=Mossman|first1=David J.|last2=Grantham|first2=Robert G.|date=2008-03-13|title=Eochelysipus horni, a new vertebrate trace fossil from the Tournaisian Horton Bluff Formation, Nova Scotia|url=http://journals.hil.unb.ca/index.php/ag/article/view/5933|journal=Atlantic Geology|volume=44|issue=1|pages=69|doi=10.4138/5933|issn=1718-7885|doi-access=free}}