Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Parent taxon: Trachyleberididae according to T. Yamaguchi et al. 2016
See also Bertels 1975, Carreño and Cronin 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abyssocythere, Actinocythereis, Agrenocythere, Ambocythere, Anebocythereis, Aracajuia, Archicythereis, Atlanticythere, Bicornucythere, Bosquetina, Brachycythere, Brachycytherinae, Buntoniinae, Carinocythereis, Cativella, Celtia, Dutoitella, Echinocythereis, Glencoeleberis, Hirsutocythere, Hyphalocythere, Idiocythere, Isocythereis, Legitimocythere, Leniocythere, Mimicocythereis, Murrayina, Normanicythere, Oligocythereis, Orionina, Oxycythereis, Paleoblitacythereis, Parexophthalmocythere, Pennyella, Phalcocythere, Protobuntonia, Pseudobosquetina, Pterygocythereidinae, Rabilimis, Rocalaberininae, Rocaleberidinae, Rugocythereis, Sapucariella, Spinoleberis, Spongicythere, Suhmicythere, Taracythere, Trachycythere, Trachyleberidinae
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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