Etringus

Etringus; Temporal range: Upper Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Clupeiformes
Suborder:	Clupeoidei
Genus:	†Etringus; 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. It is known from both articulated skeletons and isolated scales.

References

1 2 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.
↑ 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)
↑ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2025-02-21.

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[sepkoskidb-1] 1 2 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.

[:2-2] 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.