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Whiteia woodwardi

Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae

Taxonomy
Whiteia woodwardi was named by Moy-Thomas (1935). Its type specimen is BMNH P17200-1, a partial skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Ambarakaraka and Andogozobé (BMNH collection), which is in a Dienerian marine horizon in Madagascar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Whiteia woodwardi Moy-Thomas p. 216 figs. text-figs. 3-6
1952Whiteia woodwardi Lehman p. 17 figs. 3A, 4-7, 9, 10C, 11-13; pl. 1, 2; pl. 3, fig. A; pl. 4, fig. D; pl. 5, fig. A, C, E
1968Whiteia woodwardi Beltan p. 113 figs. 42-43; pl. 46-49
1998Whiteia woodwardi Forey p. 342
2004Whiteia woodwardi Schultze p. 486

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
classCoelacanthimorpha
orderCoelacanthiformesBerg 1937
familyWhiteiidaeSchultze 1993
genusWhiteia
specieswoodwardi

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.

Whiteia woodwardi Moy-Thomas 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: or 251.20000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Madagascar Whiteia woodwardi (type locality: 149171 153373 153374 153378 153683)