Family Denticipitidae Clausen 1959 (ray-finned fish)
Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Denticipitidae
Parent taxon: Denticipitoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Greenwood 1984 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Denticeps Palaeodenticeps
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mahenge (Eocene of Tanzania)