Abstract: | Osteology proves definitively that Clupavusmaroccanus is a typical Cluepoid (lateroparietal skull, ethmoidean and fronto-occipital fontanels, recessus lateralis, latero-sagittal fronto-parietal crest, clupeid ural complex, etc…). Clupavus represents a particular non-serrated family, the Clupavidae, different from the Dussumieriidae and the Congothrissidae, the two other primitive non-serrated Clupeoid families. Nor is Clupavus the ancestor of these two families. The systematic position and the relationships of the Clupavidae within the order Clupeiformes sensu stricto are discussed. |