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 | |
|---|---|
| |
| Scaumenacia curta & Bothriolepis canadensis | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Class: | Dipnoi |
| Family: | †Phaneropleuridae |
| Genus: | †Scaumenacia Traquair, 1893 |
_(cropped).jpg)
Scaumenacia curta. Late Devonian, Escuminac Formation, Quebec (Canada). At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.
.jpg)
Scaumenacia curta. Late Devonian, Escuminac Formation, Quebec (Canada). At the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ "Fossilworks: Fleurantia denticulata". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Scaumenacia curta". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
 | This article about a prehistoric lobe-finned fish is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |