†Knightia eocaena Jordan 1907 (herring)
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Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae
Invalid subtaxa: Clupea humilis Leidy 1856 [replaced name], Diplomystus humilis Leidy 1856 [replaced name]
Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1907. The fossil fishes of California, with supplementary notes on other species of extinct fishes. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(7):95-144
Belongs to Knightia according to D. S. Jordan 1907
See also Cope 1877, Cope 1871, Hay 1902, Leidy 1857, Leidy 1873, Pauca 1929, Schaeffer 1947 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Knightia andreae, Knightia branneri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tynsky Quarry (Eocene of Wyoming)
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