Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Parent taxon: Cytherideinae according to R. H. Benson et al. 1961
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anomocytheridea, Artesiocythere, Asciocythere, Cophinia, Cyamocytheridea, Cytherideini, Dolocytheridea, Fossocytheridea, Galliaecytheridea, Haplocytherideini, Heterocyprideis, Kalyptovalva, Kentrodictyocythere, Netrocytheridea, Nodophthalmocythere, Palaeocytheridella, Peratocytheridea, Phelocyprideis, Pichottia, Pseudocytheridea, Soudanocytheridea, Sphenocytheridea, Vernoniella
Subtaxa: Clithrocytheridea diagonalis Clithrocytheridea reymenti Clithrocytheridea virginiensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Maryland collection)
• Oligocene of Mexico (1)
• Eocene of Benin (1), Togo (2), United States (7: Alabama, California)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Missouri)
• Cretaceous of France (1), Morocco (6), Poland (2)
Total: 22 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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