Osteolepis panderi Pander 1861.
Osteolepis belongs to a group of early fish known as Crossopterygians (lobe finned fishes). These were the direct ancestors of the very first Amphibians. Complete black scaled fish on grey flagstone matrix.
Middle Devonian, Eifelian, Upper Caithness Flagstone Group, Hams- Skarfskerry Subgroup
Skinnet, Hil of Forrs, south of Thurso, Caithness, Scotland.
Fish : 7.5 cm long.
