Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. A contribution to the knowledge of the ichthyological fauna of the Green River shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 3(4):807-819
Parent taxon: Cichlidae according to J. D. Haseman 1912
See also Bellwood and Sorbini 1996, Hay 1902 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aequidens, Gymnogeophagus, Palaeochromis, Proterocara, Pseudocrenilabrinae, Tilapiini, Tylochromis
Subtaxa: Priscacara aquilonia Priscacara campi Priscacara clivosa Priscacara cypha Priscacara hypsacantha Priscacara liops Priscacara oxyprion Priscacara pealei Priscacara serrata Priscacara testudinaria
Type: Priscacara serrata
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (2: Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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