Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Alternative spelling: Cythere (Cytherella)
Parent taxon: Cytherellidae according to J. F. Babinot and J. P. Colin 2011
See also Alexander 1934, Bergue and Govindan 2010, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Crasquin-Soleau and Teherani 1995, Harloff and Jäger 1994, Hazel and Holden 1971, Jones 1850, Marianos and Valentine 1958 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cavellininae, Cytherellinae, Cytherelloidea, Issacharella, Leviella, Platella, Pyricythereis
Subtaxa: Cythere (Cytherella) inornata Cytherella (Staringia) Cytherella besrineensis Cytherella concentrica Cytherella excavata Cytherella gambiensis Cytherella hannai Cytherella hiwanneensis Cytherella marlboroensis Cytherella ovata Cytherella persensis Cytherella protuberantis Cytherella sarakundaensis Cytherella savagei Cytherella submarginata Cytherella sylverinica Cytherella symmetrica Cytherella toarcensis Cytherella tumidosa Cytherella turgidula Cytherella vulgata Cytherella williamsonia
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Egypt (1), Panama (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1), North Atlantic (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (9), Greece (19), India (1), Italy (11), Mexico (1), Puerto Rico (3), South Africa (3), Trinidad and Tobago (8), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (14)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (4), Belgium (1), Germany (1), Indian Ocean (1), Mexico (7), Puerto Rico (2), United States (2: Alabama, Louisiana)
• Eocene of Antarctica (3), Bangladesh (2), Hungary (2), Indian Ocean (5), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (4), Pakistan (5), Tonga (1), Trinidad and Tobago (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (19: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (1), Trinidad and Tobago (12), Tunisia (1), United States (5: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Antarctica (6), Argentina (1), Austria (1), Brazil (1), France (3), Gambia (1), Germany (3), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (18), Poland (2), Portugal (17), Saudi Arabia (1), Tunisia (7), Ukraine (1), United States (16: Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), France (4), Germany (18), Madagascar (6), Poland (1), Portugal (16), the Russian Federation (8), Saudi Arabia (25), Spain (28), Switzerland (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (13)
• Triassic of Austria (12), Canada (6: Yukon), China (1), Iran (2), Turkey (1)
• Permian of China (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Virgilian of United States (2: Texas)
• Desmoinesian of United States (1: Missouri)
• Pennsylvanian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Osagean of United States (2: Illinois, Ohio)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Indiana, Kentucky)
• Devonian of United States (1: Alaska)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Minnesota)
Total: 405 collections including 503 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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