Biology:Galaxias tabidus

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Short description: Extinct species of fish

Galaxias tabidus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Galaxiiformes
Family: Galaxiidae
Genus: Galaxias
Species:
G. tabidus
Binomial name
Galaxias tabidus
Scofield et al., 2012

Galaxias tabidus is an extinct species of bony fish in the genus Galaxias. It existed in what is now New Zealand in the early Miocene epoch. It was described by Werner Schwarzhans, R. Paul Scofield, Alan J. D. Tennyson, Jennifer P. Worthy and Trevor H. Worthy in 2012.[1]

References

  1. Werner Schwarzhans; R. Paul Scofield; Alan J. D. Tennyson; Jennifer P. Worthy; Trevor H. Worthy (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. http://app.pan.pl/article/item/app20100127.html. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5518072 entry