Galaxias brevicauda
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Taxonavigation: Galaxioidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Galaxiidae
Genus: Galaxias
Species: †Galaxias brevicauda
Name[edit]
†Galaxias brevicauda Schwarzhans, 2012
- Holotype: NMNZ S.52709.
- Paratype (1): NMNZ S.52710.
- Type locality: Home Hills Station, Manuherikia River near St Bathans, Otago.
- Type horizon: HH1a bed, Bannockburn Formation, early Miocene.
Etymology: From Latin brevis (= short) and cauda (= technical term of the rear part of the sulcus); referring to the short cauda of the sulcus.
Primary references[edit]
- Schwarzhans, W., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D., Worthy, J.P. & Worthy, T.H. 2012. Fish remains, mostly otoliths, from the non-marine early Miocene of Otago, New Zealand. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(2): 319–350. DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0127 Reference page.