haemal

Counts of 10 and 16 haemal arches were obtained in two of the specimens.

All are of the coelacanth type, having Y-shaped neural and haemal arches, without centra.

A similar pair of processes arising from the ventral surface of the centrum form the ventral or haemal arch.

The neural and haemal arches and spines are stout and intercalary cartilages (interdorsalia) are present.

The notochord is unconstricted, but the neural and haemal arches are well-developed, and the neural spines are long and slender.