Family Engraulidae (herring)

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Engraulidae

Parent taxon: Clupeoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Fierstine et al. 2012, Grande 1982, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016 and Nolf and Bajpai 1992

Sister taxa: Alosidae, Chirocentridae, Clupeidae, Clupeoidea, Cromeriidae, Dorosomidae, Dussumieriidae, Engrauloidea, Macristiidae, Notogoneidae, Pristigasteridae

Subtaxa: Coilinae Engraulinae Engraulites Stolephorus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Jamaica (1 collection)

• Miocene of Gabon (1), India (1)

• Eocene of Indonesia (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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