†Chasmoclupea aegyptica Murray et al. 2005 (herring)
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Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Full reference: A. M. Murray, E. L. Simons, and Y. S. Attia. 2005. A new clupeid fish (Clupeomorpha) from the Oligocene of Fayum, Egypt, with notes on some other fossil clupeomorphs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(2):300-308
Belongs to Chasmoclupea according to A. M. Murray et al. 2005
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: DPC 6202, a partial skeleton (head and anterior part of body). Its type locality is Quarry O, which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Quarry O
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