Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Alternative spelling: Dussumieriinae
Parent taxon: Clupeoidei according to L. Grande 1982
See also Applegate 1970, Arambourg 1925, David 1943, Jordan 1963, Nelson et al. 2016, Steurbaut 1982 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Alosidae, Ancylostylidae, Chirocentridae, Clupavidae, Clupeidae, Clupeoidea, Cromeriidae, Dorosomidae, Engraulidae, Engrauloidea, Erythrinolepidae, Macristiidae, Notogoneidae, Pristigasteridae
Subtaxa: Azalois Etrumeus Lygisma Sahelinia Smithites Sternbergia
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (5), France (2), Italy (1), United States (1: California)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (2), Romania (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences