Family Eucytheridae Puri 1954 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Eucytheridae

Alternative spelling: Eucytherinae

Parent taxon: Cytherideoidea according to A. Liebau 2005

See also Ayress 1995, Ballent 1998, Blaszyk 1987, Ceolin et al. 2024 and Yamaguchi et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Krithidae, Progonocytheridae

Subtaxa: Eorotundracythere Eucythere Euryitycythere Pseudeucythere Pyrocytheridea

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Pliocene of New Zealand (1 collection), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene of Italy (1), South Africa (1)

• Oligocene of Antarctica (1)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (1)

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

• Cretaceous of Argentina (4)

• Triassic of Türkiye (1)

Total: 19 collections including 27 occurrences

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