Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Full reference: E. A. Butler and D. E. Jones. 1958. Cretaceous Ostracoda of Prothro and Rayburns salt domes Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Louisiana Geological Survey Bulletin 32:1-65
Parent taxon: Trachyleberidinae according to D. Ceolin et al. 2015
See also Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1968, Bertels 1975 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthocythereis, Aleisocythereis, Apatoleberis, Asperrissimocythere, Castillocythereis, Costa, Curfsina, Cythereis, Falsobuntonia, Fissocythere, Glenocythere, Henryhowella, Hysterocythereis, Kamajcythereis, Kingmaina, Oertliella, Orthrocosta, Paracaudites, Petalocythereis, Philoneptunus, Platycosta, Platycythereis, Protocosta, Pterygocythereidini, Quasibuntonia, Rehacythereis, Repandocosta, Sthenarocythereis, Trachyleberidea, Trachyleberidini, Trachyleberis
Subtaxa: Veenia (Nigeria) Veenia glabella Veenia guianensis Veenia hebetata Veenia lauta Veenia reticulata Veenia tumida Veenia velata
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (5), Gambia (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), Tunisia (1)
Total: 11 collections including 16 occurrences
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