Whiteia

Whiteia Temporal range: Triassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Whiteia woodwardi fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sarcopterygii
Order:	Actinistia
Family:	†Whiteiidae
Genus:	†Whiteia Moy-Thomas, 1935
Type species
†Whiteia woodwardi Moy-Thomas, 1935
Other species
†W. africana (Broom 1905) †W.? banffensis (Lambe, 1916) †W. tuberculata Moy-Thomas, 1935 †W. nielseni Forey, 1998 †W. oishii Yabumoto & Brito, 2016 †W. uyenoteruyai Yabumoto et al., 2019 †W. gigantea Brownstein, 2023

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, W. uyenoteruyai (both Madagascar), W. nielseni (East Greenland), W.? banffensis (Alberta, Canada) and W. africana (South Africa).^[1] Two species, W. oishii (West Timor, Indonesia) and W. gigantea (Texas, United States), are of Late Triassic age.^[2][3][4]

The nominal species Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan, 1980 is a junior synonym of Whiteia woodwardi.^[5]

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Actinistia

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Sarcopterygii
Gnathostomata see Gnathostomata Actinistia see below↓ Actinistia

Actinistia sensu lato	†Styloichthys? †"Onychodontiformes" Bukkanodus Grossius Luckeus Onychodus Qingmenodus Selenodus Strunius Actinistia sensu stricto †Eoactinistia †Euporosteus †Hainbergia †Nesides †Scleracanthus †Shoshonia †Styloichthys? †Youngichthys †Youngolepis? †Miguashaiidae Gavinia Miguashaia †Diplocercidae Chagrinia Dictyonosteus Diplocercides Serenichthys †Hadronectoridae Allenypterus Hadronector Holopterygius Lochmocercus Polyosteorhynchus †Rhabdodermatidae Caridosuctor Coelacanthopsis? Dumfregia Rhabdoderma Sassenia Spermatodus Synaptotylus †Laugiidae Belemnocerca Coccoderma Laugia Trachymetopon Coelacanthiformes †Coelacanthopsis? †Dobrogeria †Heptanema †Luopingcoelacanthus †Rebellatrix †Sinocoelacanthus †Yunnancoelacanthus †Coelacanthidae Axelia Chaohuichthys Coelacanthus Graphiuricthys Indocoelacanthus Moenkopia Mylacanthus Quayia Wimania †Whiteiidae Atacamaia Guizhoucoelacanthus Piveteauia Whiteia Latimerioidei †Garnbergia †Mawsoniidae Alcoveria Axelrodichthys Changxingia Chinlea Diplurus Lualabaea Mawsonia Parnaibaia Rhipis Latimeriidae †Foreyia †Holophagus Latimeria †Libys †Macropoma †Macropomoides †Megalocoelacanthus †Rieppelia †Swenzia †Ticinepomis †Undina

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