Whiteia

Whiteia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived in Madagascar and Canada during the Early Triassic period.

Whiteia
Temporal range: Triassic
Whiteia woodwardi in Muséum de Toulouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Order:
Actinistia
Family:
Whiteiidae
Genus:
Whiteia

Moy-Thomas, 1935
Species
  • †W. africanus (Broom 1905)
  • †W. nielseni (Forey, 1998)
  • †W. oishii (Yabumoto & Brito, 2016)
  • †W. tuberculata (Moy-Thomas, 1935)
  • †W. woodwardi (Moy-Thomas, 1935)

Taxonomy

The nominal species Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan, 1980 is a junior synonym of Whiteia woodwardi.[1]

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References
  1. Forey P. L. (1998) History of the coelacanth fishes (Chapman & Hall, London).


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