Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Synonym: Rectotrachyleberis
Parent taxon: Trachyleberidinae according to E. M. Brouwers 1992
See also Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1973 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Afranticythereis, Aleisocythereis, Antibythocypris, Apatoleberis, Asperrissimocythere, Asymmetricythere, Basslerites, Benina, Castillocythereis, Curfsina, Cythereis, Falsobuntonia, Fissocythere, Glenocythere, Henryhowella, Hysterocythereis, Jubatocythere, Kamajcythereis, Kingmaina, Oertliella, Orthrocosta, Paracaudites, Paraplatycosta, Petalocythereis, Philoneptunus, Platycosta, Platycythereis, Protocosta, Pterygocythereidini, Quasibuntonia, Rehacythereis, Repandocosta, Sthenarocythereis, Trachyleberidea, Trachyleberidini, Trachyleberis, Veenia, Woodeltia
Subtaxa: Costa (Paracosta) Costa hasenbankae
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (5 collections)
• Miocene of Colombia (6), Cuba (1), Italy (7), Trinidad and Tobago (7)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (4)
• Eocene of Bangladesh (4), Benin (2), Nigeria (7), Togo (16)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Benin (1), Togo (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Benin (6), Morocco (1)
Total: 70 collections including 74 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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