Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Parent taxon: Loxoconchidae according to A. Bertels 1975
See also Alexander 1934, Hazel 1983, Sepkoski 2002 and van den Bold 1965
Sister taxa: Elofsonia, Heinia, Hirschmannia, Loxocauda, Loxoconcha, Loxoconchella, Nipponocythere, Palmoconcha, Phlyctocythere, Roundstonia, Sagmatocythere, Sanyuania
Subtaxa: Cytheromorpha acupunctata Cytheromorpha incisa Cytheromorpha macroincisa Cytheromorpha ouachitaensis Cytheromorpha rosefieldensis Cytheromorpha scrobiculata Cytheromorpha suffolkensis Cytheromorpha vicksburgensis Cytheromorpha warneri
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (2 collections), United States (2: Florida, New York)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of India (1), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (10)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Mexico (4), Puerto Rico (1), United States (3: Alabama, Louisiana)
• Eocene of Hungary (1), United States (6: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 35 collections including 41 occurrences
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