Whiteia

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:
Whiteia woodwardi fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Sarcopterygii
Order:
Actinistia
Family:
†Whiteiidae
Genus:
†Whiteia

Type species
†Whiteia woodwardi
Moy-Thomas, 1935
Other species
  • †W. africanus (Broom 1905)
  • †W.? banffensis (Lambe, 1916)
  • †W. tuberculata Moy-Thomas, 1935
  • †W. nielseni Forey, 1998
  • †W. oishii Yabumoto & Brito, 2016

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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Forey, Peter L. (1998). History of the coelacanth fishes. London: Chapman & Hall. p. 434. ISBN 9780412784804..


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