Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Parent taxon: Trachyleberididae according to A. P. Carignano 2012
See also Al-Abdul-Razzaq 1979, Babinot and Colin 2011, Ballent 1980, Bertels 1968, Bertels 1969, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1974, Bertels 1975, Blaszyk 1987, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hazel 1983, Marianos and Valentine 1958, Mukai and Tanaka 2025 and Puckett 1994
Sister taxa: Abyssocythere, Acanthocythereis, Actinocythereis, Agrenocythere, Ambocythere, Anebocythereis, Aracajuia, Archicythereis, Atlanticythere, Bicornucythere, Bosquetina, Brachycythere, Brachycytherinae, Buntoniinae, Carinocythereis, Cativella, Celtia, Dutoitella, Echinocythereis, Glencoeleberis, Hirsutocythere, Hyphalocythere, Idiocythere, Isocythereis, Legitimocythere, Leniocythere, Mimicocythereis, Murrayina, Normanicythere, Oligocythereis, Orionina, Oxycythereis, Paleoblitacythereis, Parexophthalmocythere, Pennyella, Phalcocythere, Protobuntonia, Pseudobosquetina, Pterygocythereidinae, Rabilimis, Rocalaberininae, Rocaleberidinae, Rugocythereis, Sapucariella, Spinoleberis, Spongicythere, Suhmicythere, Taracythere, Trachycythere
Subtaxa: Afranticythereis Aleisocythereis Antibythocypris Apatoleberis Asperrissimocythere Asymmetricythere Basslerites Benina Castillocythereis Costa Curfsina Cythereis Falsobuntonia Fissocythere Glenocythere Henryhowella Hysterocythereis Jubatocythere Kamajcythereis Kingmaina Oertliella Orthrocosta Paracaudites Paraplatycosta Petalocythereis Philoneptunus Platycosta Platycythereis Protocosta Pterygocythereidini Quasibuntonia Rehacythereis Repandocosta Sthenarocythereis Trachyleberidea Trachyleberidini Trachyleberis Veenia Woodeltia
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (7 collections), North Pacific (1), Panama (1), United States (1: Maryland)
• Pliocene of Japan (2), New Zealand (1), North Pacific (1), Southern Ocean (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (3)
• Miocene of Colombia (7), Cuba (1), Greece (2), Italy (8), Panama (1), Poland (10), South Africa (3), Trinidad and Tobago (7), United States (5: Florida, Maryland), Venezuela (18)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (3), Antigua and Barbuda (5), Indian Ocean (2), Italy (1), Puerto Rico (4), Southern Ocean (5), United States (2: Alabama)
• Eocene of Bangladesh (4), Benin (3), Guinea-Bissau (1), Hungary (2), Indian Ocean (6), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (8), North Atlantic (2), Pakistan (2), Senegal (1), South Pacific (1), Southern Ocean (1), Togo (27), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (34: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Louisiana/Texas, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Benin (1), Togo (2)
• Paleocene of Argentina (29), Benin (6), Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (1), Togo (14), Trinidad and Tobago (7), Tunisia (1), United States (9: Louisiana, Missouri, Texas)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (4)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (22), Benin (6), France (3), Gambia (1), Germany (1), Japan (2), Kuwait (3), Morocco (20), the Netherlands (7), Portugal (18), Tunisia (6), United States (19: Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Permian of the United Kingdom (1)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Northwest Territories)
Total: 388 collections including 826 occurrences