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Family Pristigasteridae

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Pristigasteridae

Alternative spelling: Pristigasterinae

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

See also Grande 1982, Nelson et al. 2016, Schwarzhans and Nielsen 2021 and Steurbaut 1984

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

Subtaxa: Ilisha Opisthopterus Pelloninae

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Distribution: found only at Punta Perro [Navidad Fm] (Miocene of Chile)

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