Quebecius
Extinct genus of fishes
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Quebecius is an extinct genus of porolepiform sarcopterygian fish which lived during the Late Devonian period of Quebec, Canada.[1] It is related to Glyptolepis, although distinguished from the latter by an especially broad pelvic fin base: uniquely among lobe-finned fish, only the pectoral fins are lobed. Specimens have been found to measure between 5 and 60 centimeters long.[2]
| Quebecius Temporal range: Late Devonian | |
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| Restoration of Quebecius quebecensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Porolepiformes |
| Genus: | †Quebecius Schultze & Arsenault, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| Quebecius quebecensis (Whiteaves, 1889) | |
