Cytheretta (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherettidae

Parent taxon: Cytherettidae according to R. H. Benson et al. 1961

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cytherettinae, Flexus, Loculicytheretta, Paracytheretta, Protocytheretta

Subtaxa: Cytheretta alexanderi Cytheretta burnsi Cytheretta semiornata

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Miocene of Colombia (1), Greece (3), Italy (1), Morocco (1), Poland (6), United States (3: Florida, Maryland)

• Oligocene of Mexico (2), United States (2: Alabama)

• Eocene of Hungary (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (20: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Louisiana/Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina)

• Paleocene of Trinidad and Tobago (4)

• Cretaceous of Morocco (5)

Total: 51 collections including 53 occurrences

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