Osteolepis

Osteolepis
Temporal range:
Fossil of O. macrolepidotus at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt
Fossil of O. panderi at Nederlands Centrum voor Biodiversiteit Naturalis, Leiden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteolepidida
Order: Osteolepiformes
Family: Osteolepididae
Genus: Osteolepis
Agassiz, 1835
Type species
Osteolepis macrolepidotus Agassiz, 1835
Other species
Synonyms
  • O. arenatus Agassiz, 1835
  • O. brevis McCoy, 1848
  • O. major Agassiz, 1845
  • O. microlepidotus Agassiz, 1835
  • Triplopterus pollexfeni McCoy, 1848
  • Pleiopterus Agassiz, 1835

Osteolepis (from Greek: ὀστέον ostéon 'bone' and Greek: λεπίς lepis 'scale') is an extinct genus of lobe-finned fish from the Devonian period. It lived in Lake Orcadie of northern Scotland.