Cytheridea Bosquet 1852 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Parent taxon: Cyprideidini according to T. M. Puckett 2008

See also Alexander 1934, Benson et al. 1961, Hazel 1983, Sepkoski 2002, Stephenson 1936 and Ulrich and Bassler 1904

Sister taxa: Cyprideis, Hemicyprideis, Vetustocytheridea

Subtaxa: Cytheridea (Clithrocytheridea) Cytheridea (Cytheridea) Cytheridea (Haplocytheridea) Cytheridea broussardi Cytheridea byramensis Cytheridea caldwellensis Cytheridea campwallacensis Cytheridea carolinensis Cytheridea chesapeakensis Cytheridea ehlersi Cytheridea fornicata Cytheridea garretti Cytheridea grigsbyi Cytheridea hopkinsi Cytheridea jessupensis Cytheridea kellumi Cytheridea leei Cytheridea marthavillensis Cytheridea mcguirti Cytheridea montgomeryensis Cytheridea moodyi Cytheridea multipunctata Cytheridea pendletonesis Cytheridea perarcuata Cytheridea pyeatti Cytheridea robertsi Cytheridea ruginosa Cytheridea ruida Cytheridea sabinensis Cytheridea spooneri Cytheridea subovata Cytheridea veatchi Cytheridea wallacei

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Italy (3), United States (2: Maryland)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene of Belgium (1), France (1), Greece (20), Italy (2), Poland (3)

• Oligocene of Germany (1), Mexico (11), Turkey (2), United States (5: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (6), United States (32: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)

• Paleocene of United States (8: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Poland (1), United States (5: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas)

Total: 105 collections including 184 occurrences

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