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Description: | Osteolepis macrolepidotus was a large fish with a powerful tail, and was probably a scavenger, feeding on whatever was available. It would have lived in a large, fresh water lake, which was probably not very rich in oxygen, especially the deeper water. These conditions were not ideal for the animals living in the lake, but would have been ideal for the preservation and fossilisation of the fish once they were dead. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | fossils natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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