Biology:Ganoessus
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Ganoessus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine herring that inhabited the coast of western North America during the Miocene.[1] It contains three species, all known from the Upper Miocene of California, US.[2]
The following species are known:[3]
- †G. clepsydra (Jordan & Gilbert, 1919) - Tortonian of Monterey Formation & Puente Formation
- †G. meiklejohni (Jordan, 1925) - Tortonian of Puente Formation
- †G. michaelis (Jordan, 1925) - Tortonian of Monterey Formation
It was a relatively large fish with coarse, enameled scales.[4] Its morphology, including well-developed abdominal scutes, may potentially suggest a relationship to the Alosidae, but this is uncertain.[5]
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ↑ California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences. https://archive.org/details/occasionalpaper00calif/occasionalpaper00calif/page/n1/mode/2up?q=Alisea.
- ↑ "PBDB Taxon" (in en). https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=35448.
- ↑ Jordan, David Starr (1921) (in en). The Fish Fauna of the California Tertiary. Stanford University Press. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Fish_Fauna_of_the_California_Tertiar/3gqgAAAAIAAJ.
- ↑ Marramà, Giuseppe; Carnevale, Giorgio (2018). "Eoalosa janvieri gen. et sp. nov., a new clupeid fish (Teleostei, Clupeiformes) from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 92 (1): 107–120. doi:10.1007/s12542-017-0378-0. ISSN 0031-0220. PMID 29515269.
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