Gasteroclupea

Gasteroclupea is a genus of prehistoric clupeiform fish that is related to modern anchovies and herrings. Its fossils date back to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Yacoraite Formation of Argentina and the El Molino Formation of Bolivia.[1]

Gasteroclupea
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
~70.6–66.043 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Class:
Osteichthyes
Order:
Clupeiformes
Family:
Clupeidae
Genus:
Gasteroclupea
Species:
G. branisai
Binomial name
Gasteroclupea
Signeux 1964

References
  1. Gasteroclupea at Fossilworks.org


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