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 and Puckett 1994
Sister taxa: Abyssocythere, Actinocythereis, Agrenocythere, Ambocythere, Anebocythereis, Aracajuia, Archicythereis, Atlanticythere, Bicornucythere, Brachycythere, Brachycytherinae, Buntoniinae, Carinocythereis, Cativella, Dutoitella, Glencoeleberis, Hirsutocythere, Hyphalocythere, Idiocythere, Isocythereis, Legitimocythere, Leniocythere, Mimicocythereis, Murrayina, Normanicythere, Oligocythereis, Orionina, Oxycythereis, Pennyella, Phalcocythere, Protobuntonia, Pseudobosquetina, Pterygocythereidinae, Rabilimis, Rocalaberininae, Rocaleberidinae, Rugocythereis, Sapucariella, Spinoleberis, Spongicythere, Suhmicythere, Taracythere, Trachycythere
Subtaxa: Acanthocythereis Aleisocythereis Apatoleberis Asperrissimocythere Castillocythereis Costa Curfsina Cythereis Falsobuntonia Fissocythere Glenocythere Henryhowella Hysterocythereis Kamajcythereis Kingmaina Oertliella Orthrocosta Paracaudites Petalocythereis Philoneptunus Platycosta Platycythereis Protocosta Pterygocythereidini Quasibuntonia Rehacythereis Repandocosta Sthenarocythereis Trachyleberidea Trachyleberidini Trachyleberis Veenia
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (7 collections), Panama (1), United States (1: Maryland)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (1), New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (3)
• Miocene of Colombia (7), Cuba (1), Greece (1), Italy (8), Panama (1), Poland (10), South Africa (3), Trinidad and Tobago (7), United States (5: Florida, Maryland), Venezuela (17)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (8), Antigua and Barbuda (5), Indian Ocean (2), Italy (1), Mexico (3), Puerto Rico (3), United States (2: Alabama)
• Eocene of Antarctica (1), Bangladesh (4), Hungary (2), Indian Ocean (6), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (7), North Atlantic (2), Pakistan (2), Trinidad and Tobago (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (34: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Louisiana/Texas, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of Argentina (29), Indian Ocean (2), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (1), Togo (1), Trinidad and Tobago (7), Tunisia (1), United States (9: Louisiana, Missouri, Texas)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (4)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (22), France (3), Gambia (1), Germany (1), Japan (2), Kuwait (3), Morocco (21), the Netherlands (7), Portugal (18), Tunisia (6), United States (19: Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Permian of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 322 collections including 738 occurrences