Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae
Parent taxon: Cytheridae according to J. F. Babinot and J. P. Colin 2011
See also Bertels 1969, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hazel 1983 and Marianos and Valentine 1958
Sister taxa: Camptocythere, Cnestocythere, Cythere, Cytheromorphinae, Gemmanella, Gesoriacula, Hemicytheridea, Kellettella, Loxocythere, Nodoconchiinae, Progonocytherinae, Schizocytherinae, Speluncella
Subtaxa: Cytherini Dolocythere Lophodentina Paijenborchellini Platylophocythere
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (2 collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), Poland (13), South Africa (1)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (1)
• Eocene of India (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Benin (1)
• Cretaceous of France (1), the Netherlands (2)
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 33 collections including 55 occurrences