Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae
Note: this is a freshwater species.
Parent taxon: Cyprididae according to A. P. Carignano 2012
See also Musacchio 1973, Sepkoski 2002 and Whatley et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Camdenidea, Carbonita, Cyclocyprididae, Cyclocypridinae, Cyprideidae, Cypridinae, Cypridopsinae, Disopontocypridinae, Eucandonidae, Eucypridinae, Eucypris, Herpetocypridinae, Pullvillites, Pulvillites, Scabriculocypris, Trapezoidellidae
Subtaxa: Cypridopsis elachistos Cypridopsis pasocordobensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (2: Alberta, Ontario collections), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Indiana)
• Miocene of Libya (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Cretaceous of India (1), United States (1: Arizona)
Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences
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