Family of fishes
Dussumieriidae is a family of clupeiform fishes popularly called the "round herrings". It is now recognized by FishBase as a family in its own right; it had been considered to be a subfamily of Clupeidae .[ 2] It contains two extant genera, and some potential fossil genera. Possibly the earliest record of the group is Nardoclupea from the Campanian of Italy.[ 3]
The following genera are known:
Putative fossil genera include:[ 3]
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^ a b c d Marramà, Giuseppe; Carnevale, Giorgio (2014). "Eocene round herring (Teleostei: Clupeidae) from Monte Bolca, Italy" . Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . doi :10.4202/app.00057.2014 . hdl :2318/1525495 . ISSN 0567-7920 .
^ Taverne, L. (2002). "Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 12°. Nardoclupea grandei gen. et sp. nov. (Teleostei, Clupeiformes, Dussumieriinae)" . Boll Mus Civico Storia Nat Verona, Geol Paleontol Preist . 26 : 3.
^ Taverne, L. (2007). "Les poissons crétacés de Nardò. 26°. Un second Dussumieriinae: Portoselvaggioclupea whiteheadi gen. et sp. nov. et complément à l'étude de Pugliaclupea nolardi (Teleostei, Clupeidae)" . Boll Mus Civ St Nat Verona, Sez di Geologia, Paleontologia e Preistoria . 31 : 37.
^ David, Lorre R. (1946). "Some Typical Upper Eogene Fish Scales from California" . Contributions to Paleontology . IV .