Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae

Full reference: G. Chen, F. Fang, and M. Chang. 2005. A New Cyprinid Closely Related to Cultrins and Xenocyprinins from the Mid-Tertiary of South China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):492-501

Parent taxon: Cyprinidae according to Bonaparte 1840

Sister taxa: Acheilognathinae, Acrocheilus, Alisodon, Amblypharyngodon, Amyzon, Aspius, Barbinae, Barbus, Cultrinae, Cyprininae, Cyprinion, Cyprinus, Danioninae, Esox destructus, Gila, Gobio, Gobioninae, Hexapsephus, Idadon, Iquius, Labeoninae, Lavinia, Leuciscinae, Leuciscus, Mylocyprinus, Nemachilus, Opsariichthyinae, Orthodon, Palaeoleuciscus, Palaeotinca, Phoxininae, Planktophaga, Protothymallus, Ptychocheilus, Puntius, Rhodeus, Siphateles, Squaliobarbinae, Thynichthys, Tinca, Tincinae, Xenocyprinae

Subtaxa: Ecocarpia ningmingensis

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Ecology: nektonic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Gaoling Village, Tuolong, Ningming (Oligocene of China)

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