Clupea arezedi Sauvage 1898 (herring)

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Full reference: H.-E. Sauvage. 1898. Vertébrés Fossiles du Portugal. Contributions à l’Étude des Poissons et des Reptiles du Jurassique et du Crétacique [Fossil Vertebrates of Portugal. Contributions to the Study of the Fishes and Reptiles of the Jurassic and Cretaceous] 1-46

Belongs to Clupea according to H.-E. Sauvage 1898

Sister taxa: Clupea (Meletta), Clupea arcuata, 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 tiejei, Clupea trinacridis, Clupea ventricosa, Clupea voinovi, Clupea weileri, Clupea xenophanis, Clupea zanclea

Type specimen: Its type locality is Viso railway trench, which is in a Maastrichtian estuary/bay claystone in the Argilas de Aveiro Formation of Portugal

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Viso railway trench

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