Basslerites (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leguminocythereidae

Parent taxon: Leguminocythereidae according to R. H. Benson et al. 1961

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acuticythereis, Campylocythere, Leguminocythereis

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Colombia (2 collections), Greece (2), Panama (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), Venezuela (12)

• Oligocene of Puerto Rico (1)

• Eocene of Nigeria (6)

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)

Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences

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