Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae
Parent taxon: Coelacanthiformes according to G. Arratia and H. P. Schultze 2015
See also Arratia 2015, Clement 1999, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schultze 2004
Sister taxa: Canningius, Coelacanthidae, Coelacanthiidae, Coelacanthoidei, Coelacanthopsis, Cualabaea, Dobrogeria, Holoptychus, Latimerioidei, Lochmocercus, Luopingcoelacanthus, Sinocoelacanthus, Yunnancoelacanthus
Subtaxa: Atacamaia Axelia Guizhoucoelacanthus Piveteauia Whiteia Wimania
Type: Whiteia
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (1 collection)
• Triassic of Canada (3: British Columbia), China (2), Indonesia (1), Madagascar (8), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 25 collections including 37 occurrences