Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Parent taxon: Bythocytheridae according to A. Bertels 1973
See also Bertels 1969, Hazel and Holden 1971 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bythoceratina, Bythoceratininae, Bythocytherinae, Callicythere, Covracythere, Cuneoceratina, Keijicytherinae, Miracythere, Monoceratina, Parabythocythere, Patellacythere, Praebythoceratina, Profundobythere, Pseudobythocythere, Pseudocythere, Pseudomonoceratina, Striatobythoceratina, Striatojonesia, Tanycythere, Triassocythere, Triceratina, Trodocythere
Subtaxa: Bythocythere costata Bythocythere incurvata Bythocythere punctatula Bythocythere rocana Bythocythere triebeli
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Eocene of Tonga (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (5)
Total: 8 collections including 9 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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