Galaxias tholus

Galaxias tholus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Galaxiiformes
Family:	Galaxiidae
Genus:	Galaxias
Species:	†G. tholus
Binomial name
	†Galaxias tholus; Schwarzhans et al., 2023

Last updated July 11, 2025

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

↑ 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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[1] 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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