Clupea caudata Sauvage 1870 (herring)

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Alternative combination: Sardinella caudata

Full reference: H. E. Sauvage. 1870. Synopsis des poissons tertiaires de Licata. Anales des Sciences Naturalles, Zoologie et Paleontologie 14:1-26

Belongs to Clupea according to H. E. Sauvage 1873

See also Sauvage 1870

Sister taxa: Clupea (Meletta), Clupea arcuata, Clupea arezedi, Clupea beurardi, Clupea brevis, Clupea cephalus, Clupea chrysosoma, Clupea curta, Clupea dentex, Clupea denticiformis, Clupea elongata, Clupea gigantea, Clupea guestfalica, Clupea hadleyi, Clupea inflata, Clupea longimana, Clupea macrocephala, Clupea megapteryx, Clupea microcephala, Clupea minutissima, Clupea ophthalmica, Clupea opisthopteryx, Clupea pallasii, Clupea polyachanthina, Clupea saulos, Clupea scheuchseri, Clupea sprattus, Clupea tenuissima, Clupea testis, Clupea tiejei, Clupea trinacridis, Clupea ventricosa, Clupea voinovi, Clupea weileri, Clupea xenophanis, Clupea zanclea

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Licata (Miocene of Italy)

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