Xyne

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fishes}}

{{Speciesbox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|11.6|5.3|Upper Miocene{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |access-date=2009-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archive-date=July 23, 2011 }}}}

| parent_authority = Gilbert, 1919

| taxon = Xyne grex

| authority = Gilbert, 1919

| synonyms = (Species)

• Xyne fitgeri Jordan & Gilbert, 1920

}}

Xyne is an extinct genus of prehistoric herring that lived during the Upper Miocene subepoch.{{cite journal|last=Sepkoski |first=Jack |title=A compendium of fossil marine animal genera |journal=Bulletins of American Paleontology |volume=364 |page=560 |year=2002 |url=http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |access-date=2009-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723131237/http://strata.ummp.lsa.umich.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=611&rank=class |archive-date=July 23, 2011 }} Fossils are known from the Dicalite Quarry and Diatom Hill in California.{{Cite web |title=PBDB Collection Results |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/displayCollResults?taxon_no=35468&max_interval=Miocene&country=United%20States&state=California&is_real_user=1&basic=yes&type=view&match_subgenera=1 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=paleobiodb.org}}