Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Parent taxon: Cytherideinae according to A. A. E. Nogueira et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Anomocytheridea, Artesiocythere, Asciocythere, Clithrocytheridea, Cophinia, Cyamocytheridea, Dolocytheridea, Fossocytheridea, Galliaecytheridea, Haplocytherideini, Heterocyprideis, Kalyptovalva, Kentrodictyocythere, Netrocytheridea, Nodophthalmocythere, Palaeocytheridella, Peratocytheridea, Phelocyprideis, Pichottia, Pseudocytheridea, Sphenocytheridea, Vernoniella
Subtaxa: Cytheridea
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Italy (3), United States (2: Maryland)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Brazil (18), France (1), Greece (20), Italy (2), Poland (3)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Mexico (11), Turkey (2), United States (5: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (6), United States (32: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (8: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Poland (1), United States (5: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 123 collections including 219 occurrences