Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Parent taxon: Clupeidae according to A. Girone et al. 2006
See also Agassiz 1835, Fierstine et al. 2012, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1901
Sister taxa: Alisea, Alosa, Alosinae, Audenaerdia, Bolcaichthys, Chasmoclupea, Clupea, Clupeidarum, Clupeinae, Dorosomatinae, Eoalosa, Epelichthys, Etringus, Etrumeus, Ganoessus, Ganolytes, Nolfia, Opisthonema, Pellonula, Pellonulinae, Pomolobus, Quisque, Sardina, Sardinella, Sardinius, Trollichthys, Wisslerius, Xenophanis, Xenothrissa, Xyne, Xyrinius
Subtaxa: Engraulis encrasicolus Engraulis mordax
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), United States (2: California, Louisiana)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (2)
• Miocene of Panama (1)
• Eocene of Peru (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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