Etringus

Etringus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Suborder: Clupeoidei
Genus: †
Jordan, 1907
Species:
†E. scintillans
Binomial name
†Etringus scintillans
Jordan, 1907

Etringus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine herring that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch. It contains a single species, E. scintillans, known from the Modelo and Puente Formations of the Los Angeles Basin in California, US.[1] It is known from both articulated skeletons and isolated scales.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  3. ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-02-21.


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