''Santanaclupea'' is an extinct genus of clupeiform fish from the

Romualdo Formation The Romualdo Formation is a geologic Konservat-Lagerstätte in northeastern Brazil's Araripe Basin where the states of Pernambuco, Piauí and Ceará come together. The geological formation, previously designated as the Romualdo Member of the Sa ...

(formerly a member of the then Santana Formation, now Santana Group) of

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. It is named after

Santana do Cariri Santana do Cariri is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil. It is located in the immediate and intermediate region of Juazeiro do Norte, as well as in the region of influence of Juazeiro do Norte.The municipality ...

, the town that the Santana Formation is named after and ''Clupea'',

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for small river fish. The type species of the genus is ''Santanaclupea silvasantosi'', which was named in honor of Prof. Rubens de Silva Santos.

References

Clupeiformes Prehistoric bony fish genera Cretaceous bony fish Early Cretaceous animals of South America Cretaceous Brazil Fossils of Brazil Albian life Fossil taxa described in 1993 {{paleo-rayfinned-fish-stub