Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Parent taxon: Trachyleberidinae according to A. Bertels 1975
See also Bertels 1969, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1974, Ceolin et al. 2024, Marianos and Valentine 1958 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Afranticythereis, Aleisocythereis, Antibythocypris, Apatoleberis, Asperrissimocythere, Asymmetricythere, Basslerites, Benina, Castillocythereis, Costa, Curfsina, Cythereis, Falsobuntonia, Fissocythere, Glenocythere, Henryhowella, Hysterocythereis, Jubatocythere, Kamajcythereis, Kingmaina, Oertliella, Orthrocosta, Paracaudites, Paraplatycosta, Petalocythereis, Philoneptunus, Platycosta, Platycythereis, Protocosta, Pterygocythereidini, Quasibuntonia, Rehacythereis, Repandocosta, Sthenarocythereis, Trachyleberidea, Trachyleberidini, Veenia, Woodeltia
Subtaxa: Trachyleberis huantraicoensis Trachyleberis martini Trachyleberis paucispinata Trachyleberis princeps Trachyleberis radiata Trachyleberis semihispida Trachyleberis sutterensis Trachyleberis teiskotensis Trachyleberis weiperti
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Miocene of South Africa (3), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (1: Maryland)
• Eocene of Benin (1), Pakistan (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Alabama, California, Louisiana/Texas)
• Paleocene of Argentina (8), Benin (2), Togo (1), Trinidad and Tobago (7)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (2)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Morocco (5), the Netherlands (2)
Total: 51 collections including 57 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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