Protoclupea

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Protoclupea
Temporal range: OxfordianEarly Tithonian
~161–148 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Crossognathiformes (?)
Family: Varasichthyidae
Genus: Protoclupea
Arratia et al., 1975
Species:
P. chilensis
Binomial name
Protoclupea chilensis
Arratia et al., 1975

Protoclupea is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived from the Oxfordian to the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch.[1] It contains one species, Protoclupea chilensis, fossils of which have been found in the Domeyko Range of Antofagasta Region, northern Chile.[2] The genus has been placed in the family Varasichthyidae together with the genera Bobbichthys, Domeykos, Luisichthys and Varasichthys.[3]

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