Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Parent taxon: Cytheroidea according to G. Tanaka 2018
See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1974, Cabral et al. 2014, Ceolin et al. 2024, Crasquin 2008, Forel 2017, Forel 2017, Hazel and Holden 1971, Liebau 2005 and Sebe et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Berounellidae, Pseudocytheridae
Subtaxa: Bythoceratina Bythoceratininae Bythocythere Bythocytherinae Callicythere Covracythere Cuneoceratina Keijicytherinae Miracythere Monoceratina Parabythocythere Patellacythere Praebythoceratina Profundobythere Pseudobythocythere Pseudocythere Pseudomonoceratina Striatobythoceratina Striatojonesia Tanycythere Triassocythere Triceratina Trodocythere
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1 collection), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Colombia (1), Greece (1), Italy (2), Poland (4), South Africa (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (1), Tonga (1), United States (4: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Argentina (13), North Atlantic (1), United States (2: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), France (2), Germany (1), Portugal (1), Tunisia (2)
• Jurassic of France (4), Germany (44), Madagascar (1), Portugal (21), the Russian Federation (4), Spain (8), Switzerland (3), the United Kingdom (11)
• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (6), Canada (1: Yukon), China (16), Germany (1), Hungary (8), Iran (11), Israel (12), Nepal (1), Pakistan (1), Romania (15), Turkey (45), United States (2: Alaska)
• Permian of Australia (8), China (8), Greece (1), Hungary (12), Iran (10), Italy (4), Japan (1), Lithuania (5), the Russian Federation (9), Turkey (2), United States (9: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of Hungary (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (25: Arkansas, California, Kansas, Oklahoma)
• Devonian of Belgium (1), China (1), France (1), United States (7: Michigan, New York, Ohio)
Total: 368 collections including 485 occurrences