Name: Osteolepis.
Meaning: Bony scaled.
Grouping: Fish,
Osteichthyan,
Crossoptervqian. Rhipidistian,
Osteolepiform, Osteolepid.
Informal ID: Lobe-finnned
Devonian fish.
Fossil size: Head-tail length
18em/7in.
Reconstructed size:
Head-tail length 20em/8in.
Habitat: Shallow lakes
and rivers.
Time span: Middle to Late
Devonian, 380-360 million
years ago.
Main fossil sites: Antarctica.
Europe, Asia.
Occurrence