Actinopteri - Cichliformes - Cichlidae
Full reference: C. J. Hesse. 1936. A new species of the genus Priscacara from the Eocene of Washington. Journal of Geology 44(6):745-750
Belongs to Priscacara according to C. J. Hesse 1936
Sister taxa: Priscacara aquilonia, Priscacara clivosa, Priscacara cypha, Priscacara hypsacantha, Priscacara liops, Priscacara oxyprion, Priscacara pealei, Priscacara serrata, Priscacara testudinaria
Type specimen: University of Washington College of Mines, a skeleton (complete skeleton). Its type locality is Northwestern Improvement Company No. 2 Mine, which is in an Eocene lacustrine shale in the Roslyn Formation of Washington.
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Northwestern Improvement Company No. 2 Mine
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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