Superfamily Clupeoidea Cuvier 1817 (herring)
Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Parent taxon: Clupeoidei according to S. P. Applegate 1970
See also Casier 1966 and Schaeffer 1947
Sister taxa: Ancylostylidae, Chirocentridae, Clupavidae, Clupeidae, Cromeriidae, Dorosomidae, Dussumieriidae, Engraulidae, Engrauloidea, Erythrinolepidae, Macristiidae, Notogoneidae, Pristigasteridae
Subtaxa: Halecopsidae Pseudoetringus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: California collections)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence