TY - JOUR AU - Giersch, Samuel AU - Frey, Eberhard AU - Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang AU - Ifrim, Christina AU - Padilla Gutierrez, José Manuel PY - 2011 DA - 2011/12/01 TI - Scombroclupea occidentalis sp. nov. (Clupeiformes, Teleostei) from the Cenomanian (Cretaceous) Plattenkalk deposits of NE Mexico JO - Swiss Journal of Geosciences SP - 73 EP - 84 VL - 104 IS - 1 AB - A new species of the clupeid genus Scombroclupea is described from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Plattenkalk locality “Loma la Mula” in Coahuila, northeastern Mexico. The material provides new osteological data for the genus, which clarify its systematic position. The Mexican Scombroclupea points to an occurrence of the genus in the western Tethys and indicates a vicariant event between S. macrophthalma from Lebanon and Croatia and the new species described herein. The analysis of the functional morphology of Scombroclupea supports the reconstruction of an oscillatory locomotion mode in this genus. SN - 1661-8734 UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00015-011-0079-8 DO - 10.1007/s00015-011-0079-8 ID - Giersch2011 ER -