Skeletons of a living coelacanth (Latimeria Chalumnae), 1,8m long, a specimen from the Comoros (ABOVE) and a 100 million year old fossil coelacanth (Macropoma lewesiensis), 59cm long from Cretaceous period deposits in England (BELOW). Drawings from Peter Forey's book, History of the Coelacanths. Details of the fossil's supplementary tail fin are insufficiently known to allow restoration.