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VIII.—On a New Long-headed Dipnoan Fish from the Upper Devonian of Scaumenac Bay, P.Q., Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2012

W. Graham-Smith  and
T. S. Westoll
W. Graham-Smith
Affiliation:
Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, Cambridge
T. S. Westoll
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, University College, London
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The well-known deposits of early Upper Devonian age at Scaumenac Bay, P.Q., Canada, have yielded numerous specimens of the rather primitive Dipnoan which is now known as Scaumenacia curta (Whiteaves). During the summer of 1984 one of the authors (W. G.-S.) obtained at this locality three specimens of a very distinct new Dipnoan, characterised by an elongated head and other features. Three other specimens of this new form [No. P. 6785 in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.), the anal fin-skeleton of which was figured by Woodward (1893, p. 241) under the name Scaumenacia curta (Whiteaves), and two in the Royal Scottish Museum] were subsequently recognised in museum collections, but the present account is based entirely on the three specimens mentioned above. From these it has been possible to describe almost the whole skeleton, except the endocranium, and to compare it, in some detail, with those of other primitive Dipnoi; in this comparison we have used the results of work by Porster-Cooper (1937) on Dipterus and by one of the present authors (T. S. W., nearing completion) on certain primitive Dipnoi.

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Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 59 , Issue 1 , March 1937 , pp. 241 - 266
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1937

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