Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Full reference: A. M. Murray, E. L. Simons, and Y. S. Attia. 2005. A new clupeid fish (Clupeomorpha) from the Oligocene of Fayum, Egypt, with notes on some other fossil clupeomorphs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(2):300-308

Parent taxon: Clupeidae according to A. M. Murray et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Alisea, Alosa, Alosinae, Anchoa, Audenaerdia, Bolcaichthys, Brevoortia, Clupea, Clupeidarum, Clupeinae, Dorosomatinae, Dussumieria, Ehiravinae, Eoalosa, Epelichthys, Etringus, Ganoessus, Ganolytes, Hypsospondylus, Nolfia, Opisthonema, Pellonula, Pellonulinae, Pomolobus, Quisque, Sardina, Sarmatella, Spratelloides, Trollichthys, Waihaoclupea, Wisslerius, Xenophanis, Xenothrissa, Xyne, Xyrinius

Subtaxa: Chasmoclupea aegyptica

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Type: Chasmoclupea aegyptica

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry O (Oligocene of Egypt)

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