Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Parent taxon: Cytherideidae according to A. P. Carignano 2012
See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1969, Bertels 1973, Carignano and Ballent 2009 and Hazel 1983
Sister taxa: Basslerella, Cyprideidini, Cytheridinae, Eucytherinae, Krithinae, Leocytheridea, Neocyprideis, Neocytherideidinae, Ovocytheridea, Pirileberis, Pseudorayella, Schulerideinae
Subtaxa: Anomocytheridea Asciocythere Clithrocytheridea Cophinia Cyamocytheridea Dolocytheridea Fossocytheridea Galliaecytheridea Haplocytheridea Heterocyprideis Kalyptovalva Kentrodictyocythere Netrocytheridea Nodophthalmocythere Palaeocytheridella Peratocytheridea Phelocyprideis Pichottia Pseudocytheridea Sphenocytheridea Vernoniella
Type: Cytheridea
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (8: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (2: Florida, New York)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Cuba (1), Greece (12), Poland (10), Puerto Rico (6), United States (1: Maryland), Venezuela (9)
• Oligocene of Italy (1), Mexico (1), Puerto Rico (11)
• Eocene of United States (10: Alabama, California, North Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of Argentina (3), United States (1: Missouri)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3), Argentina (6), Austria (1), France (2), Gambia (1), Germany (6), Mexico (1), Morocco (6), Poland (2), Portugal (19), Ukraine (1), United States (5: Alabama, Texas)
• Jurassic of Portugal (5), Switzerland (1)
Total: 137 collections including 178 occurrences