Hypsospondylus Gorjanović-Kramberger 1885 (herring)

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Full reference: D. Gorjanović-Kramberger. 1885. Palaeoichtyoložki prilozi. Rad Jugoslavenske Akademije Znanosti i Umjetnosti 72:10-65

Parent taxon: Clupeidae according to D. Gorjanović-Kramberger 1885

Sister taxa: Alisea, Alosa, Alosinae, Anchoa, Audenaerdia, Bolcaichthys, Brevoortia, Chasmoclupea, Clupea, Clupeidarum, Clupeinae, Dorosomatinae, Dussumieria, Ehiravinae, Eoalosa, Epelichthys, Etringus, Ganoessus, Ganolytes, Nolfia, Opisthonema, Pellonula, Pellonulinae, Pomolobus, Quisque, Sardina, Sarmatella, Spratelloides, Trollichthys, Waihaoclupea, Wisslerius, Xenophanis, Xenothrissa, Xyne, Xyrinius

Subtaxa: Hypsospondylus bassanii

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Type: Hypsospondylus bassanii

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hvar Island (Zagreb collection) (Cretaceous of Croatia)

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