Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Parent taxon: Clupeidae according to J. H. Robinson et al. 2024
See also Kovalchuk et al. 2020, Nolf 1972, Oyanadel-Urbina et al. 2021, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans et al. 2017, Sepkoski 2002 and Steurbaut 1984
Sister taxa: Alisea, Alosa, Anchoa, 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: Sardinops crassiposticus Sardinops robinsoni Sardinops sagax
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Chile (2), France (2), Japan (1), Peru (3)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of France (1), Peru (1)
Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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