Pseudoellimma De Figueiredo 2009 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes

Full reference: F. J. De Figueiredo. 2009. A New Clupeiform Fish from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, Northeastern Brazil. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(4):993-1005

Parent taxon: Clupeiformes according to F. J. De Figueiredo 2009

Sister taxa: Austroclupea, Chirocentroidea, Clupeoidei, Daitingichthys, Denticipitoidei, Hacquetia, Pseudohilsa

Subtaxa: Pseudoellimma gallae

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Type: Pseudoellimma gallae

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Atol Quarry (=CIMPOR quarry) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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