†suborder Sorbinichthyoidei Marramà and Carnevale 2017 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ellimmichthyiformes

Full reference: G. Marramà and G. Carnevale. 2017. The relationships of Gasteroclupea branisai Signeux, 1964, a freshwater double-armored herring (Clupeomorpha, Ellimmichthyiformes) from the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene of South America. Historical Biology 29(7):904-917

Parent taxon: Ellimmichthyiformes according to G. Marramà and G. Carnevale 2017

Sister taxa: Armigatidae, Armigatoidei, Codoichthys, Ellimichthyoidei, Guiclupea, Horseshoeichthys, Paraclupeidae, Sorbinichthyidae

Subtaxa: Gasteroclupeidae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Bolivia (1 collection)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (6), Bolivia (9)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Bolivia (2)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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