Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Full reference: M. A. Ayress. 1995. Late Eocene Ostracoda (Crustacea) from the Waihao District, South Canterbury, New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology 69(5):897-921
Parent taxon: Trachyleberididae according to C. T. Bergue and A. Govindan 2010
See also Ayress 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abyssocythere, Acanthocythereis, Actinocythereis, Agrenocythere, Ambocythere, Anebocythereis, Aracajuia, Archicythereis, Atlanticythere, Bicornucythere, Bosquetina, Brachycythere, Brachycytherinae, Buntoniinae, Carinocythereis, Cativella, Dutoitella, Echinocythereis, Glencoeleberis, Hirsutocythere, Hyphalocythere, Idiocythere, Isocythereis, Legitimocythere, Leniocythere, Mimicocythereis, Murrayina, Normanicythere, Oligocythereis, Orionina, Oxycythereis, Paleoblitacythereis, Pennyella, Phalcocythere, Protobuntonia, Pseudobosquetina, Pterygocythereidinae, Rabilimis, Rocalaberininae, Rocaleberidinae, Rugocythereis, Sapucariella, Spinoleberis, Spongicythere, Suhmicythere, Trachycythere, Trachyleberidinae
Subtaxa: Taracythere conjunctispinosa Taracythere hampdenensis Taracythere proterva
Type: Trachyleberis proterva
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Southern Ocean (1 collection)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), Southern Ocean (1)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences
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