Osteolepis macrolepidotus Agassiz 1835
Devonian
Lower Caithness Flagstone Group, Achanarras Limestone
Sandwick Fish Bed, Achanarras Horizon, Quoylou, Scotland

165mm fish on 220mm slab. Minor crack repair.

Osteolepis is an early member of the Order Osteolepiformes, which is at least close to the ancestry of tetrapods – the lineage that would include all land vertebrates including humans.  It’s one of the classic fish genera collectors remember from pictures in their childhood paleo books.

Great specimen on matrix.

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