Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Parent taxon: Pontocyprididae according to M. B. Forel 2017
See also Alexander 1934, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Ceolin et al. 2024, Ceolin et al. 2015, Hazel and Holden 1971, Sepkoski 2002 and Yamaguchi et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Abyssocypris, Australoecia, Bakunella, Haworthina, Liasina, Pontocyprella, Pontocypris, Propontocypris, Subulacypris, Thomontocypris
Subtaxa: Argilloecia abnormalis Argilloecia concludus Argilloecia faba Argilloecia hiwanneensis Argilloecia hydrodynamicus Argilloecia subcylindrica
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), North Pacific (1), Panama (1), South Pacific (7)
• Pliocene of South Pacific (2)
• NN12 of South Pacific (6)
• Miocene of Italy (1), Poland (10), South Africa (3), South Pacific (15), Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• NN1 of South Pacific (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of South Pacific (3)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (3), Germany (1), Mexico (4), South Pacific (11)
• H. alabamensis HOZ of South Pacific (5)
• Eocene to Oligocene of South Pacific (4)
• Eocene of Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), South Pacific (18), Tonga (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (14), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (2: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), Argentina (6)
• Triassic of Türkiye (1)
Total: 132 collections including 148 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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