Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Parent taxon: Bythocytheridae according to A. Bertels 1973
See also Bertels 1969, Hazel and Holden 1971, Sepkoski 2002 and Yamaguchi et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Bythoceratina, Bythoceratininae, Bythocytherinae, Callicythere, Covracythere, Cuneoceratina, Keijicytherinae, Miracythere, Monoceratina, Parabythocythere, Patellacythere, Praebythoceratina, Profundobythere, Pseudobythocythere, Pseudocythere, Pseudomonoceratina, Sclerochilus, 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 (6)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
Total: 10 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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