Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Parent taxon: Cytheruridae according to A. Bertels 1975
See also Bertels 1969, Blaszyk 1987 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cytheropterinae, Cytherura, Cytherurinae, Eucytherurinae, Howeina, Judahella, Kangarina, Kobayashiina, Konarocythere, Mehesella, Metacytheropteron, Microceratina, Mockella, Orthonotacythere, Otocythere, Paracytheridea, Paracytheropteron, Paradoxorhyncha, Pelecocythere, Procytheropteron, Procytherura, Typhlocythere, Wolburgia
Subtaxa: Hemicytherura defiorei Hemicytherura ranquelensis Hemicytherura rionegrensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Greece (13 collections), Peru (1), Poland (16), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (3)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
Total: 36 collections including 45 occurrences
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