Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Parent taxon: Cytheruridae according to A. P. Carignano 2012
See also Ballent 1980, Bertels 1974, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hazel 1983, Hazel and Holden 1971, Sepkoski 2002 and Yamaguchi et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Cytheropterinae, Cytherura, Cytherurinae, Eucytherurinae, Hemicytherura, Howeina, Judahella, Kangarina, Kobayashiina, Konarocythere, Mehesella, Metacytheropteron, Microceratina, Mockella, Orthonotacythere, Otocythere, Paracytheropteron, Paradoxorhyncha, Pelecocythere, Procytheropteron, Procytherura, Typhlocythere, Wolburgia, Xylocythere
Subtaxa: Paracytheridea belhavenensis Paracytheridea byramensis Paracytheridea cronini Paracytheridea intensosulcata Paracytheridea mucra Paracytheridea rionegrina Paracytheridea shattucki Paracytheridea similis Paracytheridea toleri Paracytheridea vandenboldi Paracytheridea woodwardsensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Colombia (4), Greece (6), India (1), Italy (4), Panama (1), Poland (15), South Africa (3), United States (1: Maryland)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (1), Germany (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Eocene of Mexico (1), Tonga (1), United States (3: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (4)
Total: 51 collections including 59 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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