Whiteia oishii Yabumoto & Brito 2016

Taxonomy

Lobe-finned fish

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sarcopterygii Romer 1955
Order: Coelacanthiformes Huxley 1861
Family: Whiteiidae Schulze 1993
Genus: Whiteia
Species: Whiteia oishii
Author Citation Yabumoto & Brito 2016

Geological Time Scale

Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Triassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: earliest Carnian to late Norian

Stratigraphy

unknown Formation

Provenance

Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

Dimensions

Length: 18 cm

Location

Noe Bihati (Region)
Timor (Island)
East Nusa Tenggara (Province)
Indonesia

• coelacanth
• indonesia
• lobe-finned fish
• tff-oilshale-ch2601
• triassic
• whiteia

Comments

Picture number 3 shows a close up of the scales.

Taxonomy according to Yabumoto & Brito, 2016.

Yabumoto & Brito 2016, p. 234: "The locality and horizon of the type specimens are not precisely known. Available information is that the locality lies in the area of Noe Bihati, West Timor, Indonesia."

Diagnosis in Yabumoto & Brito 2016, p 234: "Whiteia with the following combination of characters: with five to ten sparse long ridges on scales, nine rays (seven anterior long and two posterior short) on the first dorsal fin, pointed denticles on the anterior fin rays of the first dorsal fin, operculum with many tubercles, postparietal with many pits and short radial grooves, angular with radial grooves and other bones of the head smooth, without tubercles."

Line drawing of the holotype by Yabumoto & Brito, p. 235:

A.b = basal plate of anal fin; D1.b = basal plate of first dorsal fin; D2.b = basal plate of second dorsal fin; L = lung; P.b = pelvic bone.

Identified by oilshale using Yabumoto & Brito, 2016.

Reference:

YABUMOTO, YOSHITAKA AND BRITO, PAULO M. (2016) A new Triassic coelacanth, Whiteia oishii (Sarcopterygii, Actinistia) from West Timor, Indonesia. Paleontological Research, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 233–246.