Miguasha : From water to land (The Miguasha National Park)
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The Devonian:
Age of Fishes
In search of our origins
Records of past life
The notion of geologic time
The history of the Devonian System
Witnesses to evolution
A lost world
Tectonic context
Paleogeography
Climate
A Devonian day
Life in crisis
The Late Devonian extinction event
The plant world
The conquest of land
The first forests
The plants of Miguasha
Protobarinophyton
Archaeopteris
Spermasporites
Spores by the millions
The animal world
Life in the sea
The diversification of fish
Toward the first tetrapods
The animals of Miguasha
A window through time
Representativity
Fossil quality
Specimens by the thousands
The food chain
Of predators and prey
Stomach contents
Coprolites
Invertebrates
The aquatic environment
Land-based communities
Vertebrates
Jawless fish
Anaspids
Osteostracans
Jawed fish
Placoderms
Antiarchs
Arthrodires
Acanthodians
Actinopterygians
Sarcopterygians
Actinistians
Porolepiforms
Dipnoi
Osteolepiforms
Elpistostegalians
Links
PALAEONTOLOGY SITES
The Palaeos Reference Site
http://www.palaeos.com
Site of the University of California Museum of Paleontology
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/sitemap.php
The Paleontology Portal
http://www.paleoportal.org/
The Virtual Fossil Museum
http://www.fossilmuseum.net/index.htm
FOSSIL ARCHIVES AND GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE
Site of the International Commission on Stratigraphy
http://www.stratigraphy.org/down.htm
Site of the United States Geological Survey (USGS)
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/contents.php
Site of the United States Geological Survey National Park Service
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/gtime/gtime1.php
Two Sites of the Museum Victoria of Australia
http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/prehistoric/
http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/dinosaurs/
The Geopolis Files on Fossils and Palaeontology
http://www.geopolis-fr.com/art29-fossiles-paleontologie.php
PALAEOGEOGRAPHIC
RECONSTRUCTION
Dr. C.R. Scoteses Paleopmap Project
http://www.scotese.com/
Dr. Ron Blakes Site
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/
DEVONIAN FLORA
The Devonian Vegetation Phenomenon, Dr. Philippe Gerriennes File
http://www.futura-sciences.com/comprendre/d/dossier600-1.php
When Plants Began Leaving Water
http://www.cnrs.fr/cw/dossiers/dosevol/decouv/articles/chap2/dubuisson.php
History of the Paleozoic Forests and First Terrestrial Plants
http://www.uni-muenster.de/GeoPalaeontologie/Palaeo/Palbot/seite3.php
The First Forests
http://www.devoniantimes.org/opportunity/forests.php
THE AQUATIC FAUNA OF THE DEVONIAN
Kentucky Geological Survey Site
http://www.uky.edu/KGS/fossils/devonian.htm
Falls of the Ohio State Park
http://www.fallsoftheohio.org/virtualtour/start.php
The Eurypterids
http://eurypterids.net/
TERRESTRIAL FAUNA OF THE DEVONIAN
The Rhynie Chert Flora in Germany
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/rhynie/fauna.htm
The Eoarthropleura Millipede
http://www.life.umd.edu/entm/shultzlab/vtab/eoarthropleura.htm
THE DEVONIAN, AGE OF FISHES AND THE ORIGIN OF THE FIRST TETRAPODS
The Ancient Estuary of Miguasha at the American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/fossilhalls/timelines/devonian.php
The Fossiliferous Site of Red Hill in Pennsylvania
http://www.devoniantimes.org/
The Fossiliferous Site of Achanarras in Scotland
http://www.achanarras.ukfossils.co.uk/
The Fossiliferous Site of Canowindra in Australia
http://www.amonline.net.au/palaeontology/field_sites/canowindra.htm
The Fossiliferous Site of Gogo in Australia
http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/palaeofiles/lagerstatten/Gogo/index.php
Prehistoric Fishes on Wikipedia
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson_pr%C3%A9historique
The Evolution of Fishes at the Field Museum of Natural History of Chicago
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/evolvingplanet/silurian_9.asp
The Transition of the Sarcopterygii to the First Tetrapods
http://planet-terre.ens-lyon.fr/planetterre/XML/db/planetterre/metadata/LOM-tiktaalik-2006-06-01.xml
Tiktaaliks Virtual Home, University of Chicago
http://tiktaalik.uchicago.edu/
The First Tetrapods on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrapod
Acanthostega on Tree of Life
http://tolweb.org/Acanthostega
Ichthyostega on Tree of Life
http://tolweb.org/Ichthyostega
THE GASPÉ PENINSULA, OCEANS AND MOUNTAINS
The Gaspé Peninsula Seen from Space
http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tour/36/index_f.php
Dr. Pierre-André Bourques Planet Earth Site with Pages on the Geological History of Québec and the Gaspé Peninsula
http://www.ggl.ulaval.ca/personnel/bourque/intro.pt/planete_terre.php
The Formation des Appalachian Mountains
http://www.jamestown-ri.info/northern_appalachians.htm
HISTORY
No Stone Unturned. History of the Geological Survey of Canada.
http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/hist/150_f.php
Past Lives: Chronicles of Canadian Palaeontology. Geological Survey of Canada Site
http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/paleochron/contents_f.php
PARK NETWORKS
Parks Canada Network
http://www.pc.gc.ca/
Parcs Québec Network
http://www.sepaq.com/
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE CENTRE
Canadas Existing World Heritage Sites
http://www.pc.gc.ca/progs/spm-whs/itm2-/index_e.asp
Entry of the Parc national de Miguasha on the World Heritage List http://whc.unesco.org/fr/list/686
http://www.unep-wcmc.org/sites/wh/miguasha.php
Miguasha:
A story written in stone
The Gaspé Peninsula: A world of oceans and mountains
The birth of the Appalachians
The closing of an ocean
A sea of fossils
Faunal realms
Devonian lands in the Gaspé Peninsula
The Miguasha Group
The Fleurant Formation
The Escuminac Formation
Geological characteristics
Localization systems
Biostratigraphy
An ancient estuary
An environment of exceptional preservation
Of cliffs and men
The Seigniory of Shoolbred
A World Heritage Site
Miguasha fossils around the world
The geology craze of the 19th century
The first discoveries
Scientists come to Miguasha
Links to Scotland
Local fossil hunters
Erik Jarvik and the Prince of Miguasha
The birth of the Miguasha project
The 1991 International Symposium
Le Parc national de Miguasha
Protecting a unique heritage
Fossil digs and research
The on-site museum
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