Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Parent taxon: Bythocytheridae according to D. Ceolin et al. 2015
See also Ceolin et al. 2024, Guernet 1982 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bythoceratininae, Bythocythere, Bythocytherinae, Callicythere, Covracythere, Cuneoceratina, Keijicytherinae, Miracythere, Monoceratina, Parabythocythere, Patellacythere, Praebythoceratina, Profundobythere, Pseudobythocythere, Pseudocythere, Pseudomonoceratina, Striatobythoceratina, Striatojonesia, Tanycythere, Triassocythere, Triceratina, Trodocythere
Subtaxa: Bythoceratina cheleutos Bythoceratina incurvata
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Miocene of Colombia (1)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (8), North Atlantic (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Tunisia (2)
• Jurassic of Germany (4), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 23 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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