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Area: 87.3 hectares
Tourist region: Gaspésie
How did fossil fishes and plants live on our planet 380 million years ago? You'll find out when you visit Parc national de Miguasha, a real gem in Québec's park system. The park is a unique piece of our natural heritage, fascinating young and old alike with its unusually well-preserved fossils and the light it sheds on a key stage in evolution. Its scientific renown persuaded UNESCO to add Miguasha Park to
the World Heritage List in November 1999.
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Animated Film, Dive Into the Origins
Let yourself get carried away by the tropical waters of ancient oceans. This animated film, which is presented on a large screen, uses the latest technology to bring a strange group of creatures back to life. It is collaboration between computer graphics designers and palaeontologists. This virtual dive is a first in North America. Presented in the museum's amphitheatre. Museum admission button mandatory. |
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New prince of Miguasha
This summer, by touring the permanent exhibition of the Natural History Museum of Parc national de Miguasha, visitors will be able to discover a few new fossil specimens, including Bothriolepsis canadensis and Eusthenopteron foordi, found in the cliffs and on the shore of Miguasha in June and July 2006, after having spent 380 million years in the mud and rock of the Gaspésie. The exhibition has reserved a place of choice for the discovery of Eusthenopteron foordi, also known under the name of Prince of Miguasha.
Since 1879, some 3,000 specimens of Eusthenopteron foordi have been uncovered in the sediments of Miguasha cliff, making this species one of the most commonly occurring in the Escuminac formation. The already famous skull in three dimensions is unquestionably one of the nicest specimens to ever be found in 127 years of digs. Norman Parent, a paleontology technician at Parc national de Miguasha, explains that the conditions of conservation of this specimen are such that one has the impression of seeing the fossil in movement. What more need he say!
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