Whiteia
Whiteia is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth fish which lived during the Triassic period. It is named after Errol White. Taxonomy
The type species is Whiteia woodwardi from the Early Triassic of Madagascar. Other Early Triassic species are W. tuberculata (also Madagascar), W. nielseni (East Greenland), W.? banffensis (Alberta, Canada) and W. africanus (South Africa). One species, W. oishii (West Timor, Indonesia), is of Late Triassic age. The nominal species Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan, 1980 is a junior synonym of Whiteia woodwardi. References

Triassic bony fish
Whiteiidae
Extinct animals of Canada
Prehistoric animals of Madagascar
Fossils of Indonesia
Fossils of Greenland
Fossils of Madagascar
Triassic Madagascar
Prehistoric lobe-finned fish genera
Fossil taxa described in 1935