†Knightia Jordan 1907 (herring)
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Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Full reference: D. S. Jordan. 1907. The fossil fishes of California, with supplementary notes on other species of extinct fishes. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(7):95-144
Parent taxon: Pellonulinae according to L. Grande 1982
See also Jordan 1907, Schaeffer 1947 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Knightia andreae Knightia branneri Knightia eocaena
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Eocene of United States (5: Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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