Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Parent taxon: Clupeinae according to P. Oyanadel-Urbina et al. 2021
See also Kovalchuk et al. 2020, Nolf 1972, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans et al. 2017, Sepkoski 2002 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Clupeonella, Ellimma, Harengula, Maicopiella, Rupelia, Sardinella, Sprattus
Subtaxa: Sardinops crassiposticus Sardinops robinsoni Sardinops sagax
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Chile (2), France (2), Japan (1), Peru (3)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Peru (1)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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