Order Clupeiformes Bleeker 1859 (ray-finned fish)
Parent taxon: Clupei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Bannikov 2014, Carnevale and Godfrey 2018, Case and Schwimmer 1988, Constantin 1999, De Figueiredo 2009, Estes 1964, Fierstine et al. 2012, Forey et al. 2003, Grande 1982, Kovalchuk et al. 2020, Long 2011, Marramá and Carnevale 2015, Murray et al. 2005, Nelson 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Purdy et al. 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Shoshani et al. 1989 and Thurmond and Jones 1981
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Austroclupea Chirocentroidea Clupeoidei Daitingichthys Denticipitoidei Hacquetia Pseudoellimma Pseudohilsa
Ecology: nektonic carnivore