Foreyclupea loonensis Vernygora et al. 2016 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes - Scutatuspinosidae

Full reference: O. Vernygora, A. M. Murray, and M. V. H. Wilson. 2016. A primitive clupeomorph from the Albian Loon River Formation (Northwest Territories, Canada). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 53:331-342

Belongs to Foreyclupea according to O. Vernygora et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UALVP 17535, a skeleton. Its type locality is Hay River, which is in an Albian marine shale in the Loon River Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Hay River

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