Scaumenacia

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fish}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range =  | image = Scaumenacia curta & Bothriolepis canadensis.JPG | image_caption = ''Scaumenacia curta'' & ''Bothriolepis canadensis'' | taxon = Scaumenacia | authority = Traquair, 1893 }}

'''''Scaumenacia''''' is an extinct genus of lungfish. It lived around the Devonian in North America alongside another prehistoric lungfish: ''Fleurantia''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fossilworks: Fleurantia denticulata |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=372954 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Paleobiology Database}}</ref> It lived from approximately 384 to 376 millions of years ago.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fossilworks: Scaumenacia curta |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=372950 |access-date=2023-01-06 |website=Paleobiology Database}}</ref> {{multiple image | align = center | total_width = 500 | image_style = border:none; | image1 = Scaumenacia curta (fossil lungfish) (cropped).jpg | caption1 = ''Scaumenacia curta''. Late Devonian, Escuminac Formation, Quebec (Canada). At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology. | image2 = Scaumenacia curta 56 (cropped).jpg | caption2 = ''Scaumenacia curta''. Late Devonian, Escuminac Formation, Quebec (Canada). At the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. }} ==See also== {{Portal|Paleontology|Fish}} * Sarcopterygii * List of sarcopterygians * List of prehistoric bony fish

==References== {{Reflist}} {{Sarcopterygian genera|R.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q2799554}}

Category:Prehistoric lungfish genera Category:Devonian fish of North America