Proterocara Malabarba et al. 2006 (cichlid)

Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae

Full reference: M. C. Malabarba, O. Zuleta, and C. D. Papa. 2006. Proterocara argentina, a New Fossil Cichlid from the Lumbrera Formation, Eocene of Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 26(2):267-275

Parent taxon: Cichlidae according to M. C. Malabarba et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Aequidens, Gymnogeophagus, Palaeochromis, Priscacara, Pseudocrenilabrinae, Tilapiini, Tylochromis

Subtaxa: Proterocara argentina

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Type: Proterocara argentina

Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Alemania locality (Eocene to Eocene of Argentina)

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