Subfamily Tetragonopterinae Lundberg 1997 (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Characiformes - Characidae

Full reference: J. Lundberg. 1997. Freshwater Fishes and their paleobiotic implications. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna from La Venta, Colombia 67-91

Parent taxon: Characidae according to J. Lundberg 1997

See also Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Agoniatinae, Aphyocharacinae, Aphyoditeinae, Bryconinae, Characinae, Cheirodontinae, Clupeacharacinae, Colossoma, Gymnocharacinae, Iguanodectinae, Rhoadsiinae, Stethaprioninae, Stevardiinae

Subtaxa: none

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Miocene of Colombia (1 collection)

• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (2)

• Cretaceous of Bolivia (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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