Scaumenacia

Extinct genus of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Dipnoi
Family:Phaneropleuridae
Genus:Scaumenacia
Traquair, 1893
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Scaumenacia
Scaumenacia curta & Bothriolepis canadensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Dipnoi
Family: Phaneropleuridae
Genus: Scaumenacia
Traquair, 1893
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