A giant marine coelacanth from the Jurassic of Normandy, France

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

G. Clément, M. Herbin, P. Janvier, and A. Herrel (MNHN, Paris, France) are thanked for their useful advice in the writing of this article. We also thank the curators and collection managers A. Aumont (Paléospace, Villers-sur-Mer, France), P. Havlik (GPIT, Tübingen, Germany), and R. Bötcher (SMNS, Stuttgart, Germany) for access to the coelacanth material under their care, and for the warm welcome in their respective institutions. We also thank Nathalie Bardet (MNHN, Paris, France) for providing some useful literature related to the Jurassic of Normandy. This work is a contribution to the ANR TERRES Programme (ANR-2010-BLAN-607-03).

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