Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Alternative spelling: Otolithus (Clupeidarum)
Parent taxon: Clupeidae according to W. Schwarzhans 2007
See also Casier 1966, Khajuria and Prasad 1998, Schwarzhans 1985 and Steurbaut 1979
Sister taxa: Alisea, Alosa, Alosinae, Anchoa, Audenaerdia, Bolcaichthys, Brevoortia, Chasmoclupea, Clupea, Clupeinae, Dorosomatinae, Dussumieria, Ehiravinae, Eoalosa, Epelichthys, Etringus, Ganoessus, Ganolytes, Hypsospondylus, Nolfia, Opisthonema, Pellonula, Pellonulinae, Pomolobus, Quisque, Sardina, Sarmatella, Spratelloides, Trollichthys, Waihaoclupea, Wisslerius, Xenophanis, Xenothrissa, Xyne, Xyrinius
Subtaxa: Clupeidarum dilatus Clupeidarum incisiareatus Clupeidarum posti Clupeidarum rectiventralis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Neogene of Indonesia (1)
• Miocene of France (3), New Zealand (7), Romania (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (2)
• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (2), Hungary (1)
• Eocene of Australia (1), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of Denmark (1)
• Cretaceous of India (1)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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