Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Parent taxon: Clupeidae according to W. W. Schwarzhans 1980
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alisea, Alosa, Alosinae, Audenaerdia, Bolcaichthys, Brevoortia, Chasmoclupea, 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: Anchoa nitida
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California, Louisiana collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1)
• Miocene of New Zealand (1), Panama (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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