Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Parent taxon: Cytheruridae according to J. F. Babinot and J. P. Colin 2011
See also Blaszyk 1987 and Hazel and Holden 1971
Sister taxa: Cytherura, Cytherurinae, Eucytherurinae, Hemicytherura, Howeina, Judahella, Kangarina, Kobayashiina, Konarocythere, Mehesella, Metacytheropteron, Microceratina, Mockella, Orthonotacythere, Otocythere, Paracytheridea, Paracytheropteron, Paradoxorhyncha, Pelecocythere, Procytheropteron, Procytherura, Typhlocythere, Wolburgia, Xylocythere
Subtaxa: Aversovalva Eocytheropteron Hemingwayella Hemiparacytheridea Oculocytheropteron Pedicythere
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Poland (3 collections), South Africa (1), United States (1: Maryland)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (4), Germany (1), United States (2: Alabama)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), Togo (1), United States (7: Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of Argentina (3), Togo (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), Argentina (6), Benin (2), France (1), Portugal (13), Tunisia (4), United States (3: Alabama)
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (3), Switzerland (1)
Total: 64 collections including 80 occurrences