Whiteia
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†Whiteia woodwardi Moy-Thomas, 1935
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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.
Taxonomy
The type species is Whiteia woodwardi from the Early Triassic of Madagascar. Other Early Triassic species are W. tuberculata (also Madagascar), W. nielseni (East Greenland), W.? banffensis (Alberta, Canada) and W. africanus (South Africa).[1] One species, W. oishii (West Timor, Indonesia), is of Late Triassic age.[2]
The nominal species Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan, 1980 is a junior synonym of Whiteia woodwardi.[3]
References
- ^ a b Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews. 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138. S2CID 5332637.
- ^ Yabumoto, Yoshitaka; Brito, Paulo M. (2016). "A New Triassic Coelacanth, Whiteia oishii (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) from West Timor, Indonesia". Paleontological Research. 20 (3): 233–246. doi:10.2517/2015PR033. S2CID 133276263.
- ^ Forey, Peter L. (1998). History of the coelacanth fishes. London: Chapman & Hall. p. 434. ISBN 9780412784804..