Biology:Whiteia

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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. anniae,[2] W. tuberculata, W. uyenoteruyai (both Madagascar), W. nielseni (East Greenland), W.? banffensis (Alberta, Canada), W. africana (South Africa) and W. anniae (Anhui, China).[1][3] Two species, W. oishii (West Timor, Indonesia) and W. gigantea (Texas, United States), are of Late Triassic age.[4][5][6]

The nominal species Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan, 1980 is a junior synonym of Whiteia woodwardi.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. https://hal.science/hal-01253154. 
  2. ↑ Dai, Qing-Hua; Xu, Guang-Hui; Tan, Feng-Ting; Yuan, Zhi-Wei; Sun, Cheng-Kai; Liao, Jun-ling; Geng, Bing-He; Song, Hai-Jun (2025-10-17). "A new coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) from the Early Triassic of Anhui, China" (in en). Scientific Reports 15 (1): 36320. doi:10.1038/s41598-025-20229-w. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 12534446. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-20229-w. 
  3. ↑ Dai, Q.-H.; Xu, G.-H.; Tan, F.-T.; Yuan, Z.-W.; Sun, C.-K.; Liao, J.; Geng, B.-H.; Song, H.-J. (2025). "A new coelacanth (Actinistia, Sarcopterygii) from the Early Triassic of Anhui, China". Scientific Reports 15 (1). doi:10.1038/s41598-025-20229-w. PMID 41107359. 
  4. ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2016PalRe..20..233Y. 
  5. ↑ Yabumoto, Yoshitaka; Brito, Paulo M.; Iwata, Masamitsu; Abe, Yoshitaka (2019). "A new Triassic coelacanth, Whiteia uyenoteruyai (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) from Madagascar and paleobiogeography of the family Whiteiidae". Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History Series A (Natural History) 17: 15–28. 
  6. ↑ Brownstein, Chase D. (2023). "A large coelacanth, †Whiteia giganteus sp. nov., from the Triassic of Texas, USA, establishes a Pangean radiation of early Mesozoic actinistians". Palaeontologia Electronica 26 (1): a9. https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/pdfs/1254.pdf. 
  7. ↑ Forey, Peter L. (1998). History of the coelacanth fishes. London: Chapman & Hall. pp. 434. ISBN 9780412784804. .

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