Limnocythere Brady 1868 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Limnocytheridae

Parent taxon: Limnocytheridae according to D. S. D'Ambrosio et al. 2020

See also Carignano 2012 and Van Itterbeeck et al. 2007

Sister taxa: Bisulcocypris, Cytheridella, Glorianella, Limnocytherinae, Metacypridinae, Paracythereis, Pterocythere, Simeonella, Timiriaseviinae, Triassinella, Lutkevichinella

Subtaxa: Limnocythere jujunensis Limnocythere nemegtensis Limnocythere triassica

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections), Canada (4: Alberta, Ontario), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Kenya (4), United States (2: California, Michigan)

• Pliocene of Kenya (1)

• Miocene of Venezuela (1)

• Paleocene of China (1), Mongolia (1)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of India (1)

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1)

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 22 collections including 25 occurrences

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