Sprattus Girgensohn 1846 (herring)

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Parent taxon: Clupeinae according to W. Schwarzhans 2019

See also Steurbaut 1984

Sister taxa: Clupeonella, Ellimma, Harengula, Maicopiella, Rupelia, Sardinella

Subtaxa: Sprattus antipoda Sprattus arewhana

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Miocene of Italy (1), New Zealand (5)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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