Whiteia
Extinct genus of coelacanths
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Whiteia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived during the Triassic period.[1] It is named after Errol White.
| Whiteia Temporal range: | |
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| Whiteia woodwardi fossil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Whiteiidae |
| Genus: | †Whiteia Moy-Thomas, 1935 |
| Type species | |
| †Whiteia woodwardi Moy-Thomas, 1935 | |
| Other species | |
Taxonomy
The type species is Whiteia woodwardi from the Early Triassic of Madagascar. Other Early Triassic species are W. anniae,[2] W. tuberculata, W. uyenoteruyai (both Madagascar), W. nielseni (East Greenland), W.? banffensis (Alberta, Canada), W. africana (South Africa) and W. anniae (Anhui, China).[1][3] Two species, W. oishii (West Timor, Indonesia) and W. gigantea (Texas, United States), are of Late Triassic age.[4][5][6]
The nominal species Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan, 1980 is a junior synonym of Whiteia woodwardi.[7]
