Scaumenacia
| Scaumenacia | |
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| Scaumenacia curta & Bothriolepis canadensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Family: | †Phaneropleuridae |
| Genus: | †Scaumenacia Traquair, 1893 |
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
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References
[edit]- ^ "Fossilworks: Fleurantia denticulata". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Scaumenacia curta". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
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