Also known as Escuminac Formation, Miguasha fish fauna, River Restigouche
Where: Quebec, Canada (48.1° N, 66.4° W: paleocoordinates 29.7° S, 15.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Escuminac Formation, Frasnian (382.7 - 372.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Specimens acquired by Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Miguasha
Primary reference: H. P. Schultze and M. Arsenault. 1985. The panderichthyid fish Elpistostege: a close relative of tetrapods?. Palaeontology 28:293-309 [R. Butler/E. Dunne]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 179176: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Emma Dunne on 03.06.2016, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Legendrelepis parenti3, Alaspis rosamundae3, Escuminaspis laticeps3, Callistiopterus clappi3, Asmusia membranacea3, Archaeopetris obtusa3, Barinophytes "negative two"3, Spermasporites devonicus3, Acinosporites macrospinosus3, Anaplanisporites parviconus3, Ancyrospora ancyrea3, Ancyrospora ? ancyrea3, Ancyrospora brevispinosa3, Ancyrospora carnarvonensis3, Ancyrospora convoluta3, Ancyrospora longispinosa3, Ancyrospora simplex3, Ancyrospora sp.3, Ancyrospora cf. langii3, Aneurospora goensis3, Archaeozonotriletes variabilis3, Auroraspora sp.3, Contagisporites optivus3, Cymbosporites sp.3, Diaphanospora reticulata3, Emphanisporitis rotatus3, Hystricosporites porcatus3, Hystricosporites "sp. A"3, Lophozonotriletes media3, Punctasporites glaber3, Tholisporites densus3
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Endosporites | |
Retusotriletes | |
Retusotriletes simplex | |
Retusotriletes simplex3 Naumova 1953 | |
Anapiculatisporites | |
Emphanisporites | |
Lycopodiopsida | |
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Cristatisporites | |
? Cristatisporites sp.3 Potonié and Kremp | |
Archaeopteridopsida | |
Archaeopteris sp.3 Dawson 1871 | |
Biharisporites | |
Zosterophyllopsida | |
Barinophyton sp.3 White 1905 | |
Sphenopsida | |
Stenozonotriletes | |
? Stenozonotriletes "sp. A"3 Naumova 1953 | |
Punctatisporites | |
Punctatisporites sp.3 Potonié and Kremp 1954 | |
Pteridopsida | |
Polypodiopsida | |
Verrucosisporites spp.3 Potonie and Kremp 1954 | |
Geminospora micropaxilla3, Geminospora cf. spinosa3, Geminospora tuberculata3, Geminospora sp.3, Geminospora lemurata3
Geminospora sp.3 Balme 1962
Geminospora lemurata3 Balme 1962 | |
Euchelicerata | |
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Arachnida | |
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Agnatha | |
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Osteichthyes | |
Cheirolepis canadensis n. sp.3
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Coelacanthimorpha | |
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Osteichthyes | |
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Elpistostege watsoni n. gen. n. sp.
Elpistostege watsoni n. gen. n. sp. Westoll 1938 lobe-finned fish BMNH P60526a and b (Holotype; posterior half of skull roof), MHNM 538 (head without posterior portion) and ?MHNM 537 (postcranial skeleton without fins or head)
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"Eusthenopteron foordi" = Eusthenopteron foordii2
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Placodermi | |
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Chondrichthyes | |
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Grandispora | |
Apiculiretusispora | |
Planolites aff. montanus3 Richter 1937
Gyrophyllites "ichnosp."3 Glocker 1841 |