Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Full reference: G. Chen, F. Fang, and M. Chang. 2005. A New Cyprinid Closely Related to Cultrins and Xenocyprinins from the Mid-Tertiary of South China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):492-501

Parent taxon: Cyprinidae according to Bonaparte 1840

Sister taxa: Acheilognathinae, Acrocheilus, Alisodon, Amblypharyngodon, Amyzon, Aspius, Barbinae, Barbus, Cultrinae, Cyprininae, Cyprinion, Cyprinus, Danioninae, Esox destructus, Gila, Gobio, Gobioninae, Hexapsephus, Iquius, Labeoninae, Lavinia, Leuciscinae, Leuciscus, Mylocyprinus, Nemachilus, Opsariichthyinae, Orthodon, Palaeoleuciscus, Palaeotinca, Phoxininae, Planktophaga, Protothymallus, Ptychocheilus, Puntius, Rhodeus, Siphateles, Squaliobarbinae, Thynichthys, Tinca, Tincinae, Xenocyprinae

Subtaxa: Ecocarpia ningmingensis

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Gaoling Village, Tuolong, Ningming (Oligocene of China)

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