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]

Alisea
Temporal range: Upper Miocene[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Clupeiformes
Family: Clupeidae
Genus: Alisea
Jordan and Gilbert, 1919
Species:
A. grandis
Binomial name
Alisea grandis
Jordan and Gilbert, 1919

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  2. ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
  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. doi:10.1007/s12542-017-0378-0. ISSN 0031-0220. PMC 5830460. PMID 29515269.