Family Cyprinodontidae (ray-finned fish)

Actinopteri - Cyprinodontiformes - Cyprinodontidae

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

See also Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Nelson et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Fundulidae, Poeciliidae

Subtaxa: Aphanius Cyprinodon Cyprinodontidarum Lebias Parafundulus Prolebias Trichophanes

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Spain (2)

• Miocene of Armenia (1), Greece (3), Italy (27), Spain (3)

• Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of Pakistan (1), United States (1: California)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence

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