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Whiteiidae
Taxonomy
Whiteiidae was named by Schultze (1993). Its type is Whiteia.
It was assigned to Actinistia by Clement (1999); to Coelacanthoidei by Schultze (2004); and to Coelacanthiformes by Arratia and Schultze (2015), Arratia (2015) and Nelson et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Actinistia by Clement (1999); to Coelacanthoidei by Schultze (2004); and to Coelacanthiformes by Arratia and Schultze (2015), Arratia (2015) and Nelson et al. (2016).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1993 | Whiteiidae Schultze |
| 1999 | Whiteiidae Clement p. 234 |
| 2004 | Whiteiidae Schultze p. 466 |
| 2015 | Whiteiidae Arratia p. 67 |
| 2015 | Whiteiidae Arratia and Schultze p. 2 |
| 2016 | Whiteiidae Nelson et al. p. 104 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Whiteiidae Schultze 1993
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G. †Whiteia Moy-Thomas 1935
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†Whiteia africanus Broom 1905
†Whiteia nielseni Forey 1998
†Whiteia oishii Yabumoto and Brito 2016
†Whiteia tuberculata Moy-Thomas 1935
†Whiteia woodwardi Moy-Thomas 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Early/Lower Sinemurian or 251.30000 to 189.60000 Ma
Collections (21 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Smithian | Canada (British Columbia) | Whiteia sp. (90301 153369) | |
| Smithian | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | Axelia robusta (120296 120297 120367) Wimania multistriata (120229 120230) Wimania sinuosa, Axelia robusta (120228) Wimania sinuosa, Wimania multistriata, Axelia robusta, Axelia elegans (120366) Wimania sp., Wimania multistriata, Axelia robusta (120231 120232) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar | Whiteia tuberculata (149550) Whiteia woodwardi (149171 153374 153683) Whiteia woodwardi, Whiteia tuberculata (153373 153378) | |
| Dienerian | Madagascar (Diana) | Piveteauia madagascariensis (117215) | |
| Ladinian | China (Yunnan) | Guizhoucoelacanthus guanlingensis (119443) | |
| Norian | Indonesia | Whiteia oishii (180456) | |
| Early/Lower Sinemurian | Chile | Atacamaia solitaria (173644) |