Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Full reference: L. R. David. 1943. Miocene Fishes of Southern California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 43:1-187
Belongs to Clupea according to L. R. David 1943
See also Fierstine et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Clupea (Meletta), Clupea arcuata, Clupea arezedi, Clupea beurardi, Clupea brevis, Clupea caudata, Clupea cephalus, Clupea chrysosoma, Clupea curta, Clupea dentex, Clupea denticiformis, Clupea elongata, Clupea gigantea, Clupea guestfalica, Clupea hadleyi, Clupea inflata, Clupea longimana, Clupea macrocephala, Clupea megapteryx, Clupea microcephala, Clupea minutissima, Clupea ophthalmica, Clupea opisthopteryx, Clupea pallasii, Clupea polyachanthina, Clupea saulos, Clupea scheuchseri, Clupea sprattus, Clupea tenuissima, Clupea testis, Clupea trinacridis, Clupea ventricosa, Clupea voinovi, Clupea weileri, Clupea xenophanis, Clupea zanclea
Type specimen: UCLA 200. Its type locality is Elysian Park, which is in a Miocene marine shale in the Modelo Formation of California.
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Elysian Park
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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