Genome-scale comparisons test early teleost branching patterns that include the sampled Clupeocephala route. The recovered position changes with species and gene sampling, so it is not presented as a fossil FAD, ancestor or exact clade age. This navigation entry is not a phylogeny or a complete taxon dossier.
Represented range210.83–186.01 Ma
Content packageactinopterygii
PBDBtxn:184584
Evidence boundary
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Claim ledger
topology · medium
Genome-scale comparisons test early teleost branching patterns that include the sampled Clupeocephala route. The recovered position changes with species and gene sampling, so it is not presented as a fossil FAD, ancestor or exact clade age.
claim:taxon:clupeocephaladivergence-time · medium
The 2024 clock analysis estimated crown Clupeocephala between 210.83 and 186.01 Ma; the interval is a divergence model, not a fossil first appearance or ancestor claim.
claim:taxon:clupeocephala:range-boundary
Known limits
A missing branch or fossil occurrence does not imply biological absence. Internal nodes are not calibrated divergence estimates.