†family Macrocyprididae Muller 1912 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Macrocyprididae

Parent taxon: Macrocypridoidea according to A. Liebau 2005

See also Hazel and Holden 1971 and Yi 1993

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Macrocypridinae Macrocypris Praemacrocypris Pseudomacrocypris

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Panama (1), Puerto Rico (2), South Africa (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (2), Puerto Rico (4)

• Eocene of Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (1), Tonga (1)

• Paleocene of North Atlantic (1)

• Cretaceous of Portugal (1), Ukraine (1)

• Jurassic of France (3), Germany (4), Portugal (12), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), Switzerland (1)

• Triassic of Canada (6: Yukon), China (3), Turkey (3)

• Permian of China (16), Italy (1), Turkey (3), United States (3: Kansas)

• Carboniferous of Ukraine (1), United States (6: Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska)

• Devonian of France (3)

Total: 94 collections including 104 occurrences

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