Galaxias tholus
| Galaxias tholus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Galaxiiformes |
| Family: | Galaxiidae |
| Genus: | Galaxias |
| Species: | †G. tholus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Galaxias tholus Schwarzhans et al., 2023
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Galaxias tholus is an extinct species of Galaxias known from the early Miocene Bannockburn Formation of New Zealand.[1] There are several other species of extinct galaxiid known from this formation.
References
[edit]- ^ Schwarzhans, Werner; Scofield, Paul R.; Tennyson, Alan J. D.; Worthy, Jennifer P.; and Worthy, Trevor H. (2 January 2023). "The 'Gulliver' fish fauna of an early Miocene freshwater system of New Zealand; new insights from otoliths from the Bannockburn Formation". New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 66 (1): 102–129. Bibcode:2023NZJGG..66..102S. doi:10.1080/00288306.2022.2153878. ISSN 0028-8306 – via Taylor & Francis Online.
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