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Fish: osteolepid
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Fish: osteolepid. Lower Carboniferous. Irishtown, New Brunswick. Collector: M. Brazeau, 2005. New Brunswick Museum (NBMG 13890). Specimen width 5.5 cm. Osteolepiformes are a group of lobe-finned fishes that first appeared in the Devonian Period. This specimen from the Albert Formation must be one of the earliest members of the group.
