Osteichthyes - Cheirolepidiformes - Cheirolepididae
Full reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1881. On some remarkable fossil fishes from the Devonian rocks of Scaumenac Bay, in the Province of Quebec. Journal of Natural History 8(44):159-162
Belongs to Cheirolepis according to O. P. Hay 1902
See also Whiteaves 1881 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Cheirolepis aleshkai, Cheirolepis bychovensis, Cheirolepis gaugeri, Cheirolepis gracilis, Cheirolepis jonesi, Cheirolepis macrocephalus, Cheirolepis schultzei, Cheirolepis sinualis, Cheirolepis trailli, Cheirolepis uragus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Shore of River Ristigouche, Miguasha, which is in a Frasnian estuary/bay shale in the Escuminac Formation of Canada
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Shore of River Ristigouche, Miguasha
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