Alisea Explained

Alisea is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine bony fish that lived in what is now California during the Upper Miocene subepoch.[1] [2] Although generally considered a relative of the herrings in the family Clupeidae, an affinity to shads has also been suggested due to its large size and well-developed abdominal scutes.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Sepkoski . Jack . A compendium of fossil marine animal genera . Bulletins of American Paleontology . 364 . 560 . 2002 . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class . 2011-07-23 .
  2. Web site: PBDB . 2024-02-03 . paleobiodb.org.
  3. Marramà . Giuseppe . Carnevale . Giorgio . 2018 . Eoalosa janvieri gen. et sp. nov., a new clupeid fish (Teleostei, Clupeiformes) from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy . Palaontologische Zeitschrift . 92 . 1 . 107–120 . 10.1007/s12542-017-0378-0 . 0031-0220 . 5830460 . 29515269.

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