Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Alternative spelling: Aurilla
Parent taxon: Hemicytherinae according to S. B. Bhatia and N. K. Mandwal 1960
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Absonocytheropteron, Ambostracon, Aurilini, Bradleyini, Campylocytherinae, Coquimbini, Echinocythereidini, Elofsonella, Hemicythere, Hemicytheria, Heterocythereis, Mutilus, Neobuntonia, Nephokirkos, Orioninae, Orioninini, Patagonacythere, Pokornyellini, Procythereis, Quadracythere, Reussicythere, Robustaurila, Thaerocytherinae, Urocythereidinae
Subtaxa: Aurila cicatricosa Aurila soummamensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (2 collections), Italy (4), United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Croatia (1), Cuba (1), France (1), Greece (23), India (1), Italy (10), Poland (18), Puerto Rico (4), Turkey (3)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (5), Puerto Rico (5)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1)
Total: 83 collections including 132 occurrences
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