Family Paracypridinae Sars 1923 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae

Alternative spelling: Paracyprididae

Parent taxon: Candonidae according to H. Wang et al. 2022

See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1968, Bertels 1969, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1975, Carignano 2012, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Forel 2014, Forel 2017, Forel 2017, Forel 2022, Kozur 1985 and Mennad et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Candoninae, Trapezicandona

Subtaxa: Aglaiocypris Electrocypria Paracypris Phlyctenophora Renaudcypridini Spinocypris Thalassocypridini

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Greece (19), India (1), Italy (5), Morocco (1), Poland (3), Türkiye (5)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (2), Indian Ocean (2), Iran (16), Puerto Rico (4), United States (3: Alabama, Louisiana)

• Eocene of Bangladesh (1), Hungary (2), India (2), Indian Ocean (5), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (6), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (4), United States (14: Alabama, Louisiana, Louisiana/Texas, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Argentina (17), Benin (1), Indian Ocean (1), Togo (4), Trinidad and Tobago (7), Tunisia (1), United States (2: Missouri, Texas)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (4)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Antarctica (6), Argentina (3), France (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (10), Myanmar (1), Portugal (2), South Atlantic (1), Tunisia (4), United States (6: Oklahoma, Texas)

• Jurassic of Argentina (1), Austria (2), France (6), Germany (51), Hungary (2), Madagascar (4), Portugal (14), the Russian Federation (9), Saudi Arabia (4), Spain (3), Türkiye (1), the United Kingdom (3)

• Triassic of Canada (10: Yukon), China (26), Hungary (2), Iran (7), Israel (24), Italy (2), Romania (28), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia (2), Türkiye (18), United States (1: Alaska), Vietnam (1)

• Permian of China (5), Iran (7), Thailand (1)

Total: 409 collections including 470 occurrences

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