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Miguasha and the “Age of Fishes”

A fossil of the lobe-finned fish Eusthenopteron foordi from the Devonian of the Gaspé Peninsula, photographed in 2017.
A fossil of the lobe-finned fish Eusthenopteron foordi from the Devonian of the Gaspé Peninsula, photographed in 2017. Eusthenopteron foordi (fossil fish) (Upper Devonian; Gaspe Peninsula, Quebec, Canada) 2 (34593980342) · James St. John · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Miguasha National Park, on Quebec’s Gaspé Peninsula, preserves fossils from about 370 million years ago, when the coast was a tropical estuary. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1999, it is described as the world’s most outstanding fossil site for illustrating the Devonian “Age of Fishes,” including lobe-finned fish linked to the evolution of four-limbed animals.

Scope & context

The fossil site and its significance, not the park’s visitor facilities.

Sources behind this record

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Miguasha National Park ↗

Parks Canada (World Heritage Sites in Canada)

Date of Inscription; Justification of outstanding universal value