Whiteia
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Whiteia Temporal range: Triassic
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Whiteia woodwardi | |
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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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