Scaumenacia

Extinct genus of fish

Scaumenacia
Scaumenacia curta & Bothriolepis canadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Subclass:
Dipnoi
Family:
Phaneropleuridae
Genus:
Scaumenacia

Scaumenacia is an extinct genus of lungfish. It lived around the Devonian in North America alongside another prehistoric lungfish: Fleurantia.[1] It lived from approximately 384 to 376 millions of years ago.[2]

Scaumenacia curta. Late Devonian, Escuminac Formation, Quebec (Canada). At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
Scaumenacia curta. Late Devonian, Escuminac Formation, Quebec (Canada). At the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.

See also

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References

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Fleurantia denticulata". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Scaumenacia curta". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
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Dipterus valenciennesi Phaneropleuron andersoni Neoceratodus forsteri Retodus tuberculatus Gnathorhiza sp. Protopterus dolloi

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Taxon identifiers
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