Family Serrasalmidae Günther 1864 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Characiformes - Serrasalmidae

Parent taxon: Characoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013

See also Cione et al. 2009 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acestrorhynchidae, Alestoidea, Bryconidae, Chalceidae, Characidae, Characoidea, Chilodontidae, Crenuchidae, Crenuchoidea, Ctenoluciidae, Cynodontidae, Erythrinidae, Erythrinoidea, Gasteropelecidae, Hemiodontidae, Hepsetidae, Lebiasinidae, Parodontidae, Prochilodontidae, Triportheidae

Subtaxa: Megapiranha Mylossoma Piaractus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection), Venezuela (1)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (2)

• Miocene of Colombia (2), Peru (4), Venezuela (2)

• Paleocene of Bolivia (1)

Total: 13 collections including 16 occurrences

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