Semicytherura (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Parent taxon: Cytherurinae according to J. F. Babinot and J. P. Colin 2011

See also Bertels 1969, Ceolin et al. 2024, Ceolin et al. 2015, Sepkoski 2002 and Yamaguchi et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Acrocythere, Allaruella, Citrella, Cresacytheridea, Cytheropteron, Eucytherura, Gruendelicythere, Kerocythere, Parariscus

Subtaxa: Semicytherura argentinensis Semicytherura robusta

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (2 collections), India (2)

• Pliocene of Japan (2)

• Miocene of Greece (11), Italy (2), Poland (15), South Africa (2)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (13)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (3), France (1)

Total: 55 collections including 155 occurrences

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