Osteolepis
| Osteolepis Temporal range:
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| 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 | |
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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.