Family Cynodontidae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Characiformes - Cynodontidae

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

See also Nelson et al. 2016

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

Subtaxa: Hydrolycus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Colombia (1 collection)

• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)

• Miocene of Colombia (2), Peru (8)

• Oligocene of Peru (10)

• Eocene of Peru (4)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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