Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Alternative spelling: Thaerocytherini
Parent taxon: Hemicytheridae according to A. Bertels 1975
See also Bertels 1969, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hazel 1983, Hazel and Holden 1971 and Liebau 2005
Sister taxa: Absonocytheropteron, Ambostracon, Aurila, Aurilini, Baffinicythere, Bradleyini, Campylocytherinae, Coquimbini, Echinocythereidinae, Elofsonella, Hemicythere, Hemicytheria, Hermanites, Heterocythereis, Muellerina, Mutilus, Neobuntonia, Nephokirkos, Oertliellinae, Orioninae, Orioninini, Patagonacythere, Pokornyellini, Procythereis, Quadracythere, Reussicythere, Robustaurila, Urocythereidinae, Yezocythere
Subtaxa: Jugosocythereis Poseidonamicus Tongacythere
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Pacific (14 collections)
• NN16 of South Pacific (4)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Pacific (2)
• Pliocene of South Pacific (14)
• NN12 of South Pacific (13)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (3)
• Miocene of Puerto Rico (1), South Pacific (25)
• NN1 of South Pacific (2)
• Oligocene to Miocene of South Pacific (3)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (2), Mexico (2), Puerto Rico (12), South Pacific (11), United States (1: Louisiana)
• Eocene to Oligocene of South Pacific (4)
• Eocene of Mexico (2), South Pacific (11), Tonga (1)
Total: 127 collections including 135 occurrences