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, Bolcaichthys, Chirocentridae, Clupeidae, Clupeoidea, Cromeriidae, Dorosomidae, Dussumieriidae, Engrauloidea, Macristiidae, Notogoneidae, Pristigasteridae
Subtaxa: Coilinae Engraulinae Engraulis Engraulites Stolephorus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Haweran of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Quaternary of Greece (4), Italy (1), Japan (2), United States (9: California, Louisiana)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (6), Jamaica (1), Taiwan (3), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Gabon (1), India (1), Panama (1)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1), Peru (1)
Total: 34 collections including 36 occurrences