Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1907. The fossil fishes of California, with supplementary notes on other species of extinct fishes. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(7):95-144
Parent taxon: Clupeidae according to H. L. Fierstine et al. 2012
See also David 1943, Jordan 1907, Jordan 1919, Jordan 1921 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alisea, Alosa, Anchoa, Audenaerdia, Bolcaichthys, Brevoortia, Chasmoclupea, Clupea, Clupeidarum, Clupeinae, Dorosomatinae, Dussumieria, Ehiravinae, Eoalosa, Epelichthys, Ganoessus, Ganolytes, Hypsospondylus, Nolfia, Opisthonema, Pellonula, Pellonulinae, Pomolobus, Quisque, Sardina, Sardinops, Sarmatella, Spratelloides, Trollichthys, Waihaoclupea, Wisslerius, Xenophanis, Xenothrissa, Xyne, Xyrinius
Subtaxa: Etringus scintillans
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (9: California collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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