Cheirolepis canadensis Whiteaves 1881 (ray-finned fish)

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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