From the Coal Age fossils at Joggins, our travels brought us even further back in time at Parc National du Miguasha.
Here the fossils were from the Age of Fishes (370 million years ago).
Miguasha, like Joggins, is a unique location full of fossils.
Apparently they've found the largest number and best-preserved lobe-finned fish fossils here.
These are the fishes, according to those crazy evolutionists, that gave rise to the first four-legged, air-breathing terrestrial vertebrates, aka the tetrapods.
Of course tetrapod fossils are what can be found at Joggins. Maybe we visited these sites in the wrong order?
Cheirolepis Canadensis
As a ray-finned fish, the descendants of this guy's group make up almost 60% fo the present-day aquatic and terrestrial vertebrate species.
I wonder if that includes us?
PS - we stayed in a hotel in Carleton-sur-Mer, which was a very picturesque town.
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