Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Parent taxon: Cichliformes according to R. Betancur et al. 2013
See also Carnevale et al. 2003, Jordan 1963, Lundberg 1997, Malabarba et al. 2010, Malabarba et al. 2006, Nelson et al. 2016, Otero et al. 2015 and Schaeffer 1947
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Aequidens Gymnogeophagus Palaeochromis Priscacara Proterocara Pseudocrenilabrinae Tilapiini Tylochromis
Type: Proterocara
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (5 collections), Egypt (1), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (7), Tanzania (3)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (3), Uganda (1)
• Pliocene of Colombia (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (4), Tanzania (2), Uganda (2), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Tanzania (1), Uganda (8)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Italy (2), Kenya (6), Peru (1), Uganda (2)
• Oligocene of Kenya (1), Oman (1), Peru (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1), Canada (1: British Columbia), Libya (1), Namibia (1), United States (2: Washington, Wyoming)
Total: 64 collections including 65 occurrences