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†Clupea elongata Davis 1887 (herring)

Osteichthyes - Clupeiformes - Clupeidae

Full reference: J. D. Davis. 1887. The fossil fishes of the chalk of Mount Lebanon, in Syria. The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series II 3:457-634

Belongs to Clupea according to J. D. Davis 1887

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 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 pusilla, 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 Sahil Alma (Lewis collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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