†Whiteia woodwardi Moy-Thomas 1935 (coelacanth)
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Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae
Full reference: J. A. Moy-Thomas. 1935. The coelacanth fishes from Madagascar. Geological Magazine 72:213-226
Belongs to Whiteia according to L. Beltan 1968
See also Forey 1998, Lehman 1952, Moy-Thomas 1935 and Schultze 2004
Sister taxa: Whiteia africanus, Whiteia nielseni, Whiteia oishii, Whiteia tuberculata
Type specimen: BMNH P17200-1, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Ambarakaraka and Andogozobé (BMNH collection), which is in a Dienerian marine horizon in Madagascar.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Madagascar (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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