Whiteiidae

Whiteiidae Temporal range: Triassic
Whiteia woodwardi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Class:	Actinistia
Order:	Coelacanthiformes
Family:	† Whiteiidae Schultze, 1993
Genera
† Garnbergia † Guizhoucoelacanthus † Whiteia

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Whiteiidae is an extinct family of prehistoric coelacanth fishes which lived during the Triassic period. ^[1] Torino, Soto, and Perea (2021) did not support this clade as it was not found to be monophyletic in their analysis, ^[2] however, Ferrante and Cavin (2025) found the family to be a valid clade. ^[3]

References

1. Clement, Gael (1999). "The actinistian (Sarcopterygii)Piveteauia madagascariensisLehman from the Lower Triassic of northwestern Madagascar: a redescription on the basis of new material". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (2): 234–242. Bibcode:1999JVPal..19..234C. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011137. ISSN   0272-4634.
2. Toriño, Pablo; Soto, Matías; Perea, Daniel (2021-12-02). "A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of coelacanth fishes (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) with comments on the composition of the Mawsoniidae and Latimeriidae: evaluating old and new methodological challenges and constraints". Historical Biology. 33 (12): 3423–3443. Bibcode:2021HBio...33.3423T. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1867982. ISSN   0891-2963.
3. Ferrante, Christophe; Cavin, Lionel (2025-06-06). Carnevale, Giorgio (ed.). "A deep dive into the coelacanth phylogeny". PLOS ONE. 20 (6): e0320214. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320214 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMID   40478838.