Osteolepis

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”).

Proper noun

†Osteolepis

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Osteolepidae – certain lobe-finned fish from the Devonian period.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Osteolepis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• Osteolepis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Osteolepis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Osteolepis at Paleobiology Database