†Knightia eocaena Jordan 1907 (herring)
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Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Invalid subtaxa: Clupea humilis Leidy 1856 [replaced name], Diplomystus humilis Leidy 1856 [replaced name]
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
Belongs to Knightia according to D. S. Jordan 1907
See also Cope 1877, Hay 1902, Leidy 1857, Leidy 1873, Pauca 1929, Schaeffer 1947 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Knightia andreae, Knightia branneri
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Tynsky Quarry (Eocene of Wyoming)
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