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Alosa
Taxonomy
Alosa was named by Linck (1790) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 560]. It is extant.
It was considered a nomen dubium by Sauvage (1873).
It was assigned to Clupeinae by Weiler (1938); to Clupeiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Clupeidae by Arambourg (1927), Danil'chenko (1960), Gaudant et al. (1996), Constantin (1999), Purdy et al. (2001), Gaudant et al. (2006), Carnevale (2007), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), Legendre et al. (2020) and Argyriou (2022).
It was considered a nomen dubium by Sauvage (1873).
It was assigned to Clupeinae by Weiler (1938); to Clupeiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Clupeidae by Arambourg (1927), Danil'chenko (1960), Gaudant et al. (1996), Constantin (1999), Purdy et al. (2001), Gaudant et al. (2006), Carnevale (2007), Carnevale and Godfrey (2018), Legendre et al. (2020) and Argyriou (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1790 | Alosa Linck |
| 1927 | Alosa Arambourg p. 18 |
| 1938 | Alosa Weiler p. 9 |
| 1960 | Alosa Danil'chenko p. 12 |
| 1996 | Alosa Gaudant et al. p. 137 |
| 1999 | Alosa Constantin |
| 2001 | Alosa Purdy et al. p. 164 |
| 2002 | Alosa Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Alosa Gaudant et al. p. 796 |
| 2007 | Alosa Carnevale |
| 2018 | Alosa Carnevale and Godfrey p. 167 |
| 2020 | Alosa Legendre et al. p. 8 |
| 2022 | Alosa Argyriou p. 102 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Alosa Linck 1790
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†Alosa bohemica Fritsch 1878
†Alosa crassa Sauvage 1873
†Alosa elongata Agassiz 1842
†Alosa ganolytoides David 1946
†Alosa genuina Danil'chenko 1960
†Alosa numidica Sauvage 1873
†Alosa paulicrenata Bratishko et al. 2015
†Alosa renoui Sauvage 1873
†Alosa sagorensis Steindachner 1850
†Alosa sapidissima Wilson 1811
†Alosa sculptata Weiller 1928
Alosa tanaica Grimm 1901
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (42 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | USA (California) | A. ganolytoides (191001 191016) | |
| Rupelian | Romania | A. sculptata (113962 187379) A. sp., A. sculptata (50344) | |
| Rupelian | Hungary | A. sagorensis (124377) | |
| Oligocene - Miocene | Georgia (Abkhazia) | A. genuina (186462) | |
| Burdigalian | Azerbaijan | A. sp. (116635) | |
| Langhian | Azerbaijan | A. sp. (116636) | |
| Middle Miocene | Italy | A. sp., A. crassa (185486) | |
| Serravallian | Kazakhstan | A. paulicrenata (174760) | |
| Tortonian | Greece | A. crassa (60775) | |
| Tortonian | Greece (Crete) | A. sp., A. crassa (207356) | |
| Messinian | Italy | A. elongata (185692 186575 186577 210251) A. sp. (186579) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Sicily) | A. crassa, A. elongata (186578) | |
| Messinian | Greece | A. crassa (223922) A. sp. (207361) | |
| Messinian | Algeria (Oran) | A. crassa, A. elongata (59256) | |
| Messinian | Algeria | A. crassa, A. elongata (219784) A. elongata (186582 186583 186585 186631) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Sicile) | A. elongata (210669) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | A. elongata (113998) | |
| Messinian | Greece (Crete) | A. crassa (207364) | |
| Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | A. sapidissima (52582) | |
| Pliocene | Greece (Crete) | A. sp. (162721) | |
| Pliocene | Greece | A. tanaica (223762) | |
| Piacenzian | Greece (Crete) | A. elongata (207303) A. sp. (207304 207357 207359) | |
| Piacenzian | Greece | A. sp. (51511) | |
| Piacenzian | USA (Florida) | A. sp. (22712) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | A. sp. (20604) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) | A. sp. (122099) | |
| Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | A. sapidissima (224189) |