Family Krithidae Mandelstam 1958 (ostracod)
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Krithidae
Parent taxon: Cytherideoidea according to C. T. Bergue and A. Govindan 2010
See also Ayress 1995, Hazel and Holden 1971, Liebau 2005 and Yamaguchi et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Eucytheridae, Progonocytheridae
Subtaxa: Parakrithe
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (1 collection)
• Miocene of Greece (6), Italy (5), Poland (7)
• Oligocene of Indian Ocean (2), United States (2: Washington)
• Eocene of Indian Ocean (1)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences