Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Parent taxon: Cytherideidae according to A. P. Carignano 2012
See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Ballent 1998, Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1969, Bertels 1973, Carignano and Ballent 2009, Hazel 1983 and Nogueira et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Basslerella, Cyprideidini, Cytheridinae, Krithinae, Leocytheridea, Neocyprideis, Neocytherideidinae, Ovocytheridea, Pirileberis, Schulerideinae
Subtaxa: Anomocytheridea Artesiocythere Asciocythere Clithrocytheridea Cophinia Cyamocytheridea Cytherideini Dolocytheridea Fossocytheridea Galliaecytheridea Haplocytherideini Heterocyprideis Kalyptovalva Kentrodictyocythere Netrocytheridea Nodophthalmocythere Palaeocytheridella Peratocytheridea Phelocyprideis Pichottia Pseudocytheridea Sphenocytheridea Vernoniella
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (8: Ontario, Quebec collections), France (1), Italy (3), United States (4: Florida, Maryland, New York)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Brazil (19), Cuba (1), France (1), Greece (20), Italy (2), Poland (11), Puerto Rico (6), United States (1: Maryland), Venezuela (9)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Italy (1), Mexico (11), Puerto Rico (11), Turkey (2), United States (5: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (6), United States (35: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Argentina (4), United States (9: Alabama, Louisiana, Missouri, Texas)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3), Argentina (7), Austria (1), France (2), Gambia (1), Germany (6), Mexico (1), Morocco (6), Poland (3), Portugal (19), Ukraine (1), United States (10: Alabama, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Jurassic of Portugal (5), Switzerland (1)
Total: 240 collections including 459 occurrences