Actinopteri - Characiformes - Characidae
Parent taxon: Characoidei according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Lundberg 1997 and Nelson et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Acestrorhynchidae, Alestoidea, Bryconidae, Chalceidae, Characoidea, Chilodontidae, Crenuchidae, Crenuchoidea, Ctenoluciidae, Cynodontidae, Erythrinidae, Erythrinoidea, Gasteropelecidae, Hemiodontidae, Hepsetidae, Lebiasinidae, Parodontidae, Prochilodontidae, Serrasalmidae, Triportheidae
Subtaxa: Agoniatinae Aphyocharacinae Aphyoditeinae Bryconinae Characinae Cheirodontinae Clupeacharacinae Colossoma Gymnocharacinae Iguanodectinae Rhoadsiinae Stethaprioninae Stevardiinae Tetragonopterinae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Argentina (2), Colombia (1), Kenya (3), Uganda (2)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (8)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Colombia (4), Kenya (1), Peru (4)
• Eocene of Algeria (1), Peru (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (2)
• Cretaceous of Bolivia (1), Romania (1)
Total: 35 collections including 38 occurrences