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Table 1 Meristic of some Latimeriidae compared to Libys callolepis sp. nov. Dataset from Forey (1998)

From: The first Jurassic coelacanth from Switzerland

Taxon/No. of elements

d1.f

d2.f

pect.f

pelv.f

ana.f

cau.f (up.\lo.lobe)

n.a

Latimeria chalumnae

8

29–31

30–32

33

29–32

22–25/21–22

93–94

Macropoma lewesiensis

7

17

16

18

16

18–20/15–18

60

Undina penicillata

8

15–17

19

21

14

18/16

70–72

Holophagus gulo

10–11

20

23

18

17

18/17

65

Libys polypterus

10

15–20

16

19

18–20

21/19

70

Libys calloelpis sp. nov.

10

16

18–22

 ≥ 17

20–23

15/14–16

44–47