Whiteia
| Whiteia Temporal range: Triassic
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| Whiteia woodwardi in Muséum de Toulouse | |
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Genus: | Whiteia Moy-Thomas, 1935
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Whiteia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived in Madagascar and Canada during the Early Triassic period.
Taxonomy[]
The nominal species Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan, 1980 is a junior synonym of Whiteia woodwardi.[1]
References[]
- ^ Forey P. L. (1998) History of the coelacanth fishes (Chapman & Hall, London).
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- Triassic bony fish
- Whiteiidae
- Extinct animals of Canada
- Prehistoric animals of Madagascar
- Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera
- Fossil taxa described in 1935
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