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Galaxias kaikorai

Actinopteri - Galaxiiformes - Galaxiidae

Taxonomy
Galaxias kaikorai was named by Whitley (1956). Its type specimen is OU 6330, 6331, a skeleton (mostly complete, articulated, post-cranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Frasers Gully, which is in a Lillburnian marine diatomite in the Kaikorai Leaf Beds Diatomite Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Galaxias kaikorai Whitley
2024Galaxias kaikorai Robinson et al. p. 568

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
superorderProtacanthopterygii
orderGalaxiiformes
familyGalaxiidae
genusGalaxiasCuvier 1816
specieskaikoraiWhitley 1956

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Galaxias kaikorai Whitley 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:52:40
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:42
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Lillburnian or 15.10000 to 13.05000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lillburnian15.1 - 13.05New Zealand (South Island) Galaxias kaikorai (type locality: 235919)