Scaumenacia
Extinct genus of fish
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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]
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Scaumenacia curta. Late Devonian, Escuminac Formation, Quebec (Canada). At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
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Scaumenacia curta. Late Devonian, Escuminac Formation, Quebec (Canada). At the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.
See also
- Sarcopterygii
- List of sarcopterygians
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
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