Nolfia riachuelensis De Figueiredo 2009 (herring)

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Full reference: F. J. De Figueiredo. 2009. A new marine clupeoid fish from the Lower Cretaceous of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin, northeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2164:21-32

Belongs to Nolfia according to F. J. De Figueiredo 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Pz. UERJ 110, a partial skeleton (incomplete fish lacking most of the skull). Its type locality is Rosario do Catete, which is in an Albian marine shale in the Riachuelo Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rosario do Catete

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