Alosa Linck 1790 (herring)

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Parent taxon: Clupeidae according to T. Argyriou 2022

See also Arambourg 1927, Carnevale 2007, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Constantin 1999, Danil'chenko 1960, Gaudant et al. 1996, Gaudant et al. 2006, Legendre et al. 2020, Purdy et al. 2001, Sauvage 1873, Sepkoski 2002 and Weiler 1938

Sister taxa: Alisea, Anchoa, Audenaerdia, Bolcaichthys, Brevoortia, Chasmoclupea, Clupea, Clupeidarum, Clupeinae, Dorosomatinae, Dussumieria, Ehiravinae, Eoalosa, Epelichthys, Etringus, Ganoessus, Hypsospondylus, Nolfia, Opisthonema, Pellonula, Pellonulinae, Pomolobus, Quisque, Sardina, Sardinops, Sarmatella, Spratelloides, Trollichthys, Waihaoclupea, Wisslerius, Xenophanis, Xenothrissa, Xyne, Xyrinius

Subtaxa: Alosa bohemica Alosa crassa Alosa elongata Alosa ganolytoides Alosa genuina Alosa numidica Alosa paulicrenata Alosa renoui Alosa sagorensis Alosa sapidissima Alosa sculptata Alosa tanaica

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec collections), United States (1: Georgia)

• Pliocene of Greece (7), United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)

• Miocene of Algeria (6), Azerbaijan (2), Greece (5), Italy (9), Kazakhstan (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Georgia (1)

• Oligocene of Hungary (1), Romania (3)

• Eocene of United States (2: California)

Total: 42 collections including 49 occurrences

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