Coelacanthimorpha - Coelacanthiformes - Whiteiidae
Parent taxon: Coelacanthiformes according to G. Arratia and H. P. Schultze 2015
See also Arratia 2015, Clement 1999, Nelson et al. 2016 and Schultze 2004
Sister taxa: Canningius, Coelacanthidae, Coelacanthiidae, Coelacanthoidei, Coelacanthopsis, Cualabaea, Diplocercidae, Dobrogeria, Hadronectoridae, Holoptychus, Latimeriidae, Latimeroidei, Lochmocercus, Luopingcoelacanthus, Miguashaiidae, Rhabdodermatidae, Sinocoelacanthus, Yunnancoelacanthus
Subtaxa: Atacamaia Axelia Guizhoucoelacanthus Piveteauia Whiteia Wimania
Type: Whiteia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (1 collection)
• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia), China (1), Indonesia (1), Madagascar (7), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9)
Total: 21 collections including 31 occurrences