Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Cryptophyllidae
Synonyms: Aberroconcha Adamczak 1961, Eridoconchinella Krandijevsky 1963, Pichynella Rusconi 1954, Pygoconcha Schallreuter 1968
Parent taxon: Cryptophyllidae according to A. F. Abushik and I. O. Evdokimova 2016
See also Jones and Olempska 2013 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Milleratia
Subtaxa: Cryptophyllus arsinius Cryptophyllus minusculus
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of France (5 collections), Morocco (2), Poland (1), Turkey (1), United States (10: Michigan, New York, Ohio)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (4)
• Whiterockian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories), United States (3: Nevada)
• Chazyan of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)
• Arenigian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Ontario), Latvia (1), Peru (1), United States (14: Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, Oklahoma)
Total: 53 collections including 67 occurrences
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