Protoclupea

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]

Protoclupea Temporal range: Oxfordian–Early Tithonian ~161–148 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
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