Galaxias effusus holotype fossil from Foulden Maar. This is the oldest galaxiid fish in the world.
This Connected article explains how an ancient lake, Foulden Maar was formed by a volcanic eruption 23 million years ago and is very fossil rich. In 2019 it came to the public’s attention when a ...
This article by Dr Nic Rawlence was originally published under the title Proposal to mine fossil-rich site in New Zealand sparks campaign to protect it. Dr Rawlence is a senior lecturer in ...
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