A redescription of the coelacanth Macropoma willemoesii VETTER from the lithographic limestone of Solnhofen (Upper Jurassic, Bavaria)

The coelacanth Macropoma willemoesii VETTER from the Upper Jurassic lithographic limestone of Bavaria is redescribed. It is shown that the species belongs to the genus Macropoma. M. willemoesii shares with other Macropoma species an entirely covered cheek, dermal bones ornamented with many large tubercles, a distinctive scale ornamentation and a reduced median lobe of the caudal fin. The sigmoid shape of the ventral border of the pterygoid is considered an autapomorphy of the genus.