Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Parent taxon: Hemicytheridae according to T. Yamaguchi et al. 2016
See also Bertels 1969, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hazel 1983 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Absonocytheropteron, Ambostracon, Aurila, Aurilini, Bradleyini, Campylocytherinae, Coquimbini, Echinocythereidinae, Elofsonella, Hemicythere, Hemicytheria, Heterocythereis, Muellerina, Mutilus, Neobuntonia, Nephokirkos, Oertliellinae, Orioninae, Orioninini, Patagonacythere, Pokornyellini, Procythereis, Quadracythere, Reussicythere, Robustaurila, Thaerocytherinae, Urocythereidinae
Subtaxa: Hermanites ascitus Hermanites batequensis Hermanites huantraicoensis Hermanites regulosa
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), India (1), Poland (1), Puerto Rico (1), South Africa (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (2), Italy (2), Mexico (1), Puerto Rico (4), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of India (1), Libya (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Togo (2), United States (5: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (4: Missouri)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 39 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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