Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Parent taxon: Clupeidae according to L. Grande 1982
See also Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Alisea, Alosa, Alosinae, Anchoa, Audenaerdia, Bolcaichthys, Brevoortia, Chasmoclupea, Clupea, Clupeidarum, Clupeinae, Dorosomatinae, Dussumieria, Ehiravinae, Eoalosa, Epelichthys, Etringus, Ganoessus, Ganolytes, Hypsospondylus, Nolfia, Opisthonema, Pellonula, Pomolobus, Quisque, Sardina, Sarmatella, Spratelloides, Trollichthys, Waihaoclupea, Wisslerius, Xenophanis, Xenothrissa, Xyne, Xyrinius
Subtaxa: Knightia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (5: Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence