Osteolepis

In Depth        A fairly small lobe-finned fish,‭ ‬Osteolepis is noted for having heavy bony scales,‭ ‬features that may have helped with buoyancy issues.‭ ‬Even more interesting though was an outer covering of cosmine,‭ ‬a slightly spongy bony material that is known to have covered the scales of lobe-finned fish.‭ ‬This cosmine had a series of … Read more