Quisque

Quisque; Temporal range: Upper Miocene[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Clupeiformes
Family:	Clupeidae
Subfamily:	Clupeinae
Genus:	Quisque

Quisque is an extinct genus of prehistoric herring that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.[1] At least two species are known, Q. gilberti, from what is now Southern California, and Q. bakeri, from what is now Texas.

References

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.

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[sepkoskidb-1] 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.