UNESCO WHS - Miguasha National Park Postcard

UNESCO WHS Serie - Miguasha National Park - 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. Name: Miguasha National Park Location: Gaspé Peninsula, Province of Quebec Inscription: 1999 Category: Natural (v)(vi) Unesco Ref: 686 Special Feature: The card has a QR-Code on the backside to navigate for more Informationas about the side