Etringus
Extinct genus of fishes
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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.[1] It is known from both articulated skeletons and isolated scales.[2][3]
| Etringus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Clupeiformes |
| Suborder: | Clupeoidei |
| Genus: | †Etringus Jordan, 1907 |
| Species: | †E. scintillans |
| Binomial name | |
| †Etringus scintillans Jordan, 1907 | |
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