Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Full reference: Y. Yabumoto and M. V. Nazarkin. 2018. A new Miocene herring, Clupea macrocephala, from Sakaki Town, Hanishina County, Nagano, Japan. Paleontological Research 22(4):352-363
Belongs to Clupea according to Y. Yabumoto and M. V. Nazarkin 2018
Sister taxa: Clupea (Meletta), Clupea arcuata, Clupea arezedi, Clupea beurardi, Clupea brevis, Clupea caudata, Clupea cephalus, Clupea chrysosoma, Clupea curta, Clupea dentex, Clupea denticiformis, Clupea elongata, Clupea gigantea, Clupea guestfalica, Clupea hadleyi, Clupea inflata, Clupea longimana, 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
Type specimen: NSM PV23963-a, b, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Amikake, which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Bessho Formation of Japan.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Amikake
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