†Whiteia uyenoteruyai Yabumoto et al. 2019 (coelacanth)
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Osteichthyes - Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae
Full reference: Y. Yabumoto, P. Brito, M. Iwata and Y. Abe. 2019. A new Triassic coelacanth, Whiteia uyenoteruyai (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) from Madagascar and paleobiogeography of the Family Whiteiidae. Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. Hum. Hist., Ser. A 17:15-27
Belongs to Whiteia according to Y. Yabumoto et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Whiteia africanus, Whiteia anniae, Whiteia durabilis, Whiteia giganteus, Whiteia lepta, Whiteia nielseni, Whiteia oishii, Whiteia tuberculata, Whiteia woodwardi
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Ambilobe Bay (nodule beds) (Triassic of Madagascar)
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