Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocyprididae
Alternative spelling: Bythocypridinae
Parent taxon: Bairdioidea according to M. B. Forel 2017
See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Blaszyk 1987, Hazel and Holden 1971 and Liebau 2005
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Bythocypris Praepilatininae
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Greece (1), Morocco (1), Poland (1)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (1), Antigua and Barbuda (1), Indian Ocean (2), Iran (16), Puerto Rico (5), United States (1: Alabama)
• Eocene of Benin (1), Indian Ocean (4), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (4), North Atlantic (1), Togo (3), Tonga (1), United States (10: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Benin (2), Togo (4), Trinidad and Tobago (3), Tunisia (1), United States (2: Alabama, Texas)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4), Argentina (1), France (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Tunisia (3)
• Jurassic of Austria (6), Germany (22), Hungary (2), Türkiye (5)
• Triassic of Austria (1), China (7), Iran (3), Israel (6), Italy (2), Romania (1), Türkiye (2)
• Permian of China (10), Iran (2), Serbia (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (20: Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Brazil (1), China (1), Czechia (1), France (3), United States (11: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Maryland, West Virginia)
• Ordovician of Canada (15: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (7), United States (27: Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma)
Total: 247 collections including 281 occurrences