The last known freshwater coelacanths: New Late Cretaceous mawsoniid remains (Osteichthyes: Actinistia) from Southern France

• Lionel Cavin ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lionel.cavin@ville-ge.ch

  Affiliation Department of Geology and Palaeontology, Natural History Muesum, Geneva, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9666-5864

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• Eric Buffetaut,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratoire de Géologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS (UMR 8538), PSL Research University, Paris, France, Palaeontological Research and Education Centre, Mahasarakham University, Kantarawichai, Maha Sarakham, Thailand

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• Yves Dutour,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aix-en-Provence, Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

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• Géraldine Garcia,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Evolution, Paléoécosystèmes et Paléoprimatologie, UMR CNRS 7262 Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France

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• Jean Le Loeuff,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Musée des Dinosaures, Espéraza, France

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• Annie Méchin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Musée de Cruzy, Cruzy, France

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• Patrick Méchin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Musée de Cruzy, Cruzy, France

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• Haiyan Tong,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Palaeontological Research and Education Centre, Mahasarakham University, Kantarawichai, Maha Sarakham, Thailand

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• Thierry Tortosa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Département des Bouches-du-Rhône, Hôtel du Département, Réserve Naturelle de Sainte-Victoire, Marseille, France

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• Eric Turini,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Aix-en-Provence, Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

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• Xavier Valentin

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Evolution, Paléoécosystèmes et Paléoprimatologie, UMR CNRS 7262 Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France, Palaios, Morthemer Valdivienne, France

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