Osteichthyes - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Parent taxon: Cichliformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Betancur et al. 2013, 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: Pholidichthyidae, Priscacaridae
Subtaxa: Aequidens Gymnogeophagus Palaeochromis Proterocara Pseudocrenilabrinae Tilapiini Tylochromis
Type: Proterocara
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
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 (2), Uganda (2)
• 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), Libya (1), Namibia (1)
Total: 61 collections including 62 occurrences