Bythocypris Brady 1880 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocyprididae

Parent taxon: Bythocyprididae according to M. B. Forel 2017

See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Bertels 1968, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1975, Blaszyk 1987, Hazel and Holden 1971, Marianos and Valentine 1958 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Praepilatininae

Subtaxa: Bythocypris bijieensis Bythocypris cylindrica Bythocypris faba Bythocypris gibsonensis Bythocypris jaguelensis Bythocypris maanshanensis Bythocypris mayeri Bythocypris mcguirti Bythocypris osagensis Bythocypris parilis Bythocypris proreniformis Bythocypris subaequata Bythocypris symmetrica Bythocypris tomlinsoni Bythocypris vainganaensis

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Greece (1), Morocco (1), Poland (1)

• Oligocene of Antarctica (1), Antigua and Barbuda (1), Indian Ocean (2), Puerto Rico (5), United States (1: Alabama)

• Eocene of Indian Ocean (4), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (4), North Atlantic (1), Tonga (1), United States (10: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Togo (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3), Tunisia (1), United States (2: Alabama, Texas)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (4), France (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Tunisia (3)

• Jurassic of Austria (6), Germany (22), Hungary (2), Turkey (5)

• Triassic of Austria (1), China (7), Iran (3), Israel (6), Romania (1), Turkey (2)

• Permian of China (10), Iran (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (19: Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), Brazil (1), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (3), United States (11: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)

• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Maryland, West Virginia)

• Ordovician of Canada (15: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Québec), China (6), United States (27: Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma)

• Tremadoc of China (1)

Total: 217 collections including 249 occurrences

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