Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Parent taxon: Bythocytheridae according to M. B. Forel 2017
See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Honigstein and Crasquin 2011 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bythoceratina, Bythoceratininae, Bythocythere, Bythocytherinae, Callicythere, Covracythere, Cuneoceratina, Keijicytherinae, Miracythere, Monoceratina, Parabythocythere, Praebythoceratina, Profundobythere, Pseudobythocythere, Pseudocythere, Pseudomonoceratina, Striatobythoceratina, Striatojonesia, Tanycythere, Triassocythere, Triceratina, Trodocythere
Subtaxa: Patellacythere ephraimi Patellacythere shimonensis Patellacythere tourkosella
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Madagascar (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Triassic of Canada (1: Yukon), Israel (12), Turkey (2)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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