†family Progonocytheridae Sylvester-Bradley 1948 (ostracod)
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Progonocytheridae
Parent taxon: Cytherideoidea according to A. Liebau 2005
See also Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1975 and Ishizaki 1992
Sister taxa: Eucytheridae, Krithidae
Subtaxa: Arculicythere Bertelsiana Protocytherinae Trichordis Wicherella
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (3), France (1), Japan (1), Morocco (2), Poland (1)
• Jurassic of Austria (5), France (10), Germany (61), Jordan (1), Madagascar (7), Portugal (25), Saudi Arabia (17), Spain (53), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (24)
• Triassic of Israel (3)
Total: 218 collections including 394 occurrences