Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Alternative spelling: Pontocypridinae
Parent taxon: Pontocypridoidea according to M. B. Forel 2017
See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Bergue and Govindan 2010, Bertels 1968, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Harloff and Jäger 1994 and Hazel and Holden 1971
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Argilloecia Australoecia Bakunella Haworthina Liasina Pontocyprella Pontocypris Propontocypris Subulacypris
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), France (1), Italy (1), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Italy (1), Poland (14), South Africa (3), Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (1), Antigua and Barbuda (4), Germany (1), Mexico (4), Puerto Rico (3)
• Eocene of Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Tonga (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (14), Trinidad and Tobago (5), Tunisia (1), United States (2: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), Argentina (5), France (1), United States (5: Texas)
• Jurassic of Austria (5), France (15), Germany (17), Portugal (15), the Russian Federation (6), Spain (36), the United Kingdom (2)
• Triassic of Canada (2: Yukon), Iran (3), Romania (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Turkey (1)
• Permian of Hungary (2), Iran (1), Italy (1), Lithuania (10), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (3: Kansas, Ohio)
Total: 207 collections including 270 occurrences