"The palaeontological site of Miguasha National Park, in south-eastern
Quebec on the southern coast of the Gaspé peninsula, is considered to be
the world's most outstanding illustration of the Devonian Period known
as the 'Age of Fishes'. Dating from 370 million years ago, the Upper
Devonian Escuminac Formation represented here contains five of the six
fossil fish groups associated with this period. Its significance stems
from the discovery there of the highest number and best-preserved fossil
specimens of the lobe-finned fishes that gave rise to the first
four-legged, air-breathing terrestrial vertebrates – the tetrapods." -http://whc.unesco.org/
Another BIG THANKS for this beautiful prepaid postcard Chris!
"Miguasha is a park in Estern Quebec. It is famous for fossils of fish and other animals
close to 400 million years old. They were some of the first fossils found in
North America in the 1840's", shared Chris. ^-^
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