Ostracoda - Podocopida - Macrocyprididae
Parent taxon: Macrocyprididae according to M. B. Forel 2017
See also Hazel and Holden 1971, Sepkoski 2002 and Yi 1993
Sister taxa: Macrocypridinae, Macrocyprissa, Praemacrocypris, Pseudomacrocypris
Subtaxa: Macrocypris datianensis Macrocypris deducta Macrocypris dimorpha Macrocypris garrisonensis Macrocypris menardensis Macrocypris panxianensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Panama (1), Puerto Rico (2), South Africa (2), Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (2), Puerto Rico (4)
• Eocene of Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (1), Tonga (1)
• Paleocene of North Atlantic (1)
• Cretaceous of Portugal (1), Ukraine (1)
• Jurassic of Switzerland (1)
• Triassic of China (3), Türkiye (1)
• Permian of China (16), Italy (1), Türkiye (3), United States (3: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of Ukraine (1), United States (6: Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska)
• Devonian of France (3)
Total: 61 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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