Ganolytes

Ganolytes Temporal range: Upper Miocene (Tortonian)[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Suborder:	Clupeoidei
Genus:	†Ganolytes Jordan, 1919
Species
G. aratus (Jordan, 1924) G. cameo Jordan, 1919

Ganoessus is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine herring that inhabited the coast of western North America during the Miocene.^[2] It contains two species, both known from the Upper Miocene of California, US.^[3]

The following species are known:^[3]

• †G. aratus (Jordan, 1924) - Late Miocene of Monterey and Modelo Formations
• †G. cameo Jordan, 1919 - Late Miocene of the Modelo Formation

It was a relatively large fish with thick, enameled scales.^[4] Its morphology may potentially suggest a relationship to the Alosidae, but this is uncertain.^[5]

References

1. 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. 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.
3. California Academy of Sciences (1890). Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco : California Academy of Sciences.
4. Jordan, David Starr (1921). The Fish Fauna of the California Tertiary. Stanford University Press.
5. Marramà, Giuseppe; Carnevale, Giorgio (2018). "Eoalosa janvieri gen. et sp. nov., a new clupeid fish (Teleostei, Clupeiformes) from the Eocene of Monte Bolca, Italy". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 92 (1): 107–120. doi:10.1007/s12542-017-0378-0. ISSN 0031-0220. PMC 5830460. PMID 29515269.