Actinopteri - Ellimmichthyiformes - Paraclupeidae
Alternative combination: Triplomystus applegatei
Full reference: J. Alvarado-Ortega and E. Ovalles-Damián. 2008. Triplomystus applegatei, sp. nov. (Teleostei: Ellimmichthyiformes), a rare "triple armored herring" from El Espinal Quarry (Early Cretaceous), Chiapas, southeastern Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(1):53-60
Belongs to Scutatoclupea according to A. F. Bannikov 2015
See also Alvarado-Ortega and Ovalles-Damián 2008
Sister taxon: Scutatoclupea bacchiai
Type specimen: INAH 1941, a skeleton (nearly complete articulated skeleton missing distal parts of the limbs). Its type locality is El Espinal Quarry, which is in an Aptian paralic claystone/limestone in the Sierra Madre Formation of Mexico.
Distribution: found only at El Espinal Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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