Family Pontocyprididae Mueller 1894 (ostracod)

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, Hazel and Holden 1971, Liebau 2005 and Yamaguchi et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Abyssocypris Argilloecia Australoecia Bakunella Haworthina Liasina Pontocyprella Pontocypris Propontocypris Subulacypris Thomontocypris

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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 Antigua and Barbuda (4), Germany (1), Indian Ocean (2), Mexico (4), Puerto Rico (3), Southern Ocean (1), United States (3: Washington)

• Eocene of Indian Ocean (5), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Tonga (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (15), Benin (2), Indian Ocean (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), Tunisia (1), United States (2: Texas)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), Argentina (7), Benin (2), 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), Türkiye (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: 225 collections including 288 occurrences

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