The
type species is
Whiteia woodwardi from the
Early Triassic of
Madagascar. Other Early Triassic
species are
W. anniae,
W. tuberculata,
W. uyenoteruyai (both Madagascar),
W. nielseni (
East Greenland),
W.?
banffensis (
Alberta, Canada),
W. africana (
South Africa) and
W. anniae (
Anhui, China). Two species,
W. oishii (
West Timor, Indonesia) and
W. gigantea (
Texas, United States), are of
Late Triassic age. The nominal species
Coelacanthus evolutus Beltan, 1980 is a junior synonym of
Whiteia woodwardi. ==References==