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'''''Whiteia''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[prehistoric]] [[coelacanth]] fish which lived in Madagascar during the Early [[Triassic]] period. |
'''''Whiteia''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[prehistoric]] [[coelacanth]] fish which lived in Madagascar and Canada during the Early [[Triassic]] period. |
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* [http://nature.ca/discover/treasures/foss/tr2/coe_e.cfm Ancient Coelacanths: Coelacanthus banffensis and Whitea sp.] |
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| Whiteia Temporal range: Triassic
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| Whiteia woodwardi in Muséum de Toulouse | |
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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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