Qikiqtania (pronounced "kick-kiq-tani-ahh") is an extinct genus of elpistostegalian tetrapodomorph from the Late Devonian (early Frasnian stage) Fram Formation of Nunavut, Canada.
[1][2] The holotype specimen of Qikiqtania, NUFV 137, was discovered in 2004 in layers of the late Devonian (Frasnian)-dated Fram Formation of southern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.
[1] In 2022, Thomas A. Stewart, Justin B. Lemberg, Ailis Daly, Edward B. Daeschler, and Neil H. Shubin named and described Qikiqtania wakei based on these remains.
Preserved scales have been found from the trunk, including the dorsal midline and flank, the pectoral fin, and the lateral line series.
Analysis of the scales revealed sensory canals that would have permitted the animal to detect the flow of water around its body.