Scaumenac Bay (Devonian of Canada)

Where: Quebec, Canada (48.1° N, 66.4° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 15.5° W)

When: Escuminac Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)

• well-known Upper Devonian fish-bearing deposits

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Dr. and Mrs. Henry S. Clapp; reposited in the MCZ

Primary reference: A. S. Romer. 1942. Notes on certain American Paleozoic Fishes. American Journal of Science 240(3):216-228 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 132654: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Priscilla Vazquez on 24.08.2012

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Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Osteolepiformes - Thursiidae
? Thursius clappi n. sp. Romer 1942 lobe-finned fish
MCZ 7196