Krithe Brady et al. 1874 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Parent taxon: Krithinae according to D. Ceolin et al. 2015

See also Alexander 1934, Ayress 1995, Bergue and Govindan 2010, Bertels 1973, Ceolin et al. 2024, Hazel and Holden 1971 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Parakrithella

Subtaxa: Krithe crassicaudata Krithe crepidus Krithe dolichodeira Krithe hiwanneensis Krithe perattica Krithe prolixa Krithe rex Krithe rocana Krithe trinidadensis Krithe vicksburgensis

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Ecology: infaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Panama (1)

• Pliocene of Australia (1), Panama (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (3)

• Miocene of Antarctica (2), Greece (3), India (1), Poland (10), South Africa (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkey (1)

• Oligocene of Antarctica (3), Antigua and Barbuda (1), Indian Ocean (2), Mexico (2), Turkey (1)

• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Belgium (1), Hungary (2), Indian Ocean (5), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (3), Tonga (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), the United Kingdom (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (4), North Atlantic (1), Trinidad and Tobago (7), Tunisia (1), United States (2: Missouri, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2)

• Triassic of Italy (1)

Total: 74 collections including 96 occurrences

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