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Pellonulinae

Actinopteri - Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei

Taxonomy
Pellonulinae is a subfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Clupeidae by Grande (1982) and Nelson et al. (2016).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Pellonulinae Grande p. 22
2016Pellonulinae Nelson et al. p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Otomorpha
Clupei
orderClupeiformesBleeker 1859
familyClupeoidei(Bleeker 1859)
familyClupeidaeCuvier 1817
subfamilyPellonulinae
subfamilyPellonulinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. †Knightia Jordan 1907
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Knightia andreae Dusén 1908
Knightia branneri Jordan 1907
Knightia eocaena Jordan 1907
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Invalid names: Clupea humilis Leidy 1856 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:03:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:03:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Oligocene or 83.50000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica Knightia andreae (150274)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Knightia eocaena (15853) Knightia sp. (74615 74616 74617 85026)
Middle Eocene - Oligocene47.8 - 23.03Argentina (Chubut) Knightia andreae (141241)