Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Parent taxon: Trachyleberidinae according to A. Bertels 1975
See also Carreño and Cronin 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aleisocythereis, Apatoleberis, Asperrissimocythere, Castillocythereis, Costa, Curfsina, Cythereis, Falsobuntonia, Fissocythere, Glenocythere, Henryhowella, Hysterocythereis, Kamajcythereis, Kingmaina, Oertliella, Orthrocosta, Paracaudites, Petalocythereis, Philoneptunus, Platycosta, Platycythereis, Protocosta, Pterygocythereidini, Quasibuntonia, Rehacythereis, Repandocosta, Sthenarocythereis, Trachyleberidea, Trachyleberidini, Trachyleberis, Veenia
Subtaxa: Acanthocythereis abundans Acanthocythereis hystrix
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (1)
• Miocene of Greece (1)
• Paleocene of Tunisia (1), United States (3: Missouri)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (3)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Japan (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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