Whiteia
Whiteia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived in Madagascar and Canada during the Early Triassic period.
| 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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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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