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Clupeopsis straeleni
Taxonomy
Clupeopsis straeleni was named by Casier (1946). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Chievres, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the Argile des Flandres Formation of Belgium.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1946 | Clupeopsis straeleni Casier p. 124 |
| 2020 | Clupeopsis straeleni Capobianco et al. p. 3 |
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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.
†Clupeopsis straeleni Casier 1946
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Capobianco et al. 2020 | Clupeiform with triangular-shaped skull in lateral and dorsal views; vomer bearing two large tooth pits; single vomerine fang, extending ventrally beyond the mandibular symphysis when jaws closed and representing the largest tooth; dorsolaterally oriented pre-epiotic fossa; robust and slightly curved toothless maxilla measuring approximately 75% of neurocranium length; straight and robust dentary bearing caniniform teeth throughout its length; largest dentary tooth approximately 20% of length of orbital cavity; round, greatly expanded posterior infraorbital covering most of hyomandibula and quadrate and part of the maxilla; hyomandibula slightly reclined posteriorly; small lateral horizontal lamina of the ectopterygoid underlying the orbit; second basibranchial longest element of the basibranchial series. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||