Ostracoda - Podocopida - Progonocytheridae
Parent taxon: Progonocytheridae according to A. Bertels 1975
See also Andreu and Tronchetti 1994 and Bertels 1969
Sister taxa: Arculicythere, Wicherella
Subtaxa: Aphelocythere Gramannicythere Herrigocythere Hutsonia Kinkelinella Klieana Looneyella Merocythere Mosaeleberis Paraschuleridea Parataxodonta Pleurocythere Procytheridea Urocythere
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Morocco (2), Poland (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (5), France (5), Germany (61), Jordan (1), Madagascar (3), Portugal (25), Saudi Arabia (14), Spain (53), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (23)
• Triassic of Israel (3)
Total: 200 collections including 372 occurrences