Alternative spelling: Podocopamorphes
Parent taxon: Ostracoda according to A. Liebau 2005
See also Abushik and Evdokimova 2016
Sister taxa: Acanthomeridion, Acrossula, Amicytheridea, Anabarochilina, Anfedatia, Aristaluta, Aurilia, Australopsis, Beichuania, Bennviaspis, Beyrichiocopa, Biaurina, Borodiella, Boucekites, Brachycytheropteron, Brasacypris, Bullaluta, Buregiidae, Bursulella, Cambraechmina, Carnarvonia, Cedocamia, Craspedopyxion, Crescenticythere, Cuselina, Cyclocypris, Cyprinotus, Cytheropsis, Damaoella, Darwinulacea, Dhrumaella, Dorispina, Duibianella, Eucytheridea, Fengtaiella, Flemingia, Flemingopsis, Galeopsis, Gelidicella, Gerdalia, Gerubiella, Gladioscutum, Glossicythereis, Golcondella, Hameaschmidtella, Hemiaechminoides, Heterocypris, Huanghuaella, Hupehella, Ilmenoindivisia, Infracytheropteron, Ivaria, Jixinglingella, Koilocythere, Kuiperiana, Kuresaaria, Liagnshanella, Limbatulocopida, Lublinella, Ludvigsenites, Maghrebeis, Majiashanella, Mannosocmia, Marginotimorites, Microcosmia, Moorea, Myodocopa, Myodocopomorpha, Navicularina, Neoatlanticythere, Netzkaina, Oepikaluta, Paleocopa, Paleocythere, Paleodarwinula, Parashergoldopsis, Paratsunyiella, Phasoia, Plesidielymella, Podocopa, Podocopomorpha, Ponthocythere, Prasuchonella, Pseudonodellina, Pseudoperissocytheridea, Reginacypris, Renicytherura, Reticulocambria, Reversoparaparchites, Rockallia, Schallreuterina, Septadella, Shergoldopsis, Sigillium, Spytihnevites, Suchonellina, Supratoarcina, Svealuta, Tatariella, Tethysia, Tetrasulcata, Torusilina, Trapezisylthere, Utsatia, Uvonhactia, Venzavella, Vitella, Volganelloidea, Yaxianella, Yulinella, Zerqacythere
Subtaxa: Metacopida
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Triassic of Hungary (2)
• Permian of Canada (1: British Columbia), China (93), Guatemala (1), Hungary (1), Iran (15), Thailand (13)
• Devonian of China (2), France (3), Poland (7)
• Silurian of Canada (2: Québec)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)
Total: 142 collections including 159 occurrences