Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae
Alternative spelling: Cyprideinae
Parent taxon: Cypridacea according to S. M. Sinitsa 1986
See also Musacchio 1973 and Ruiz-Omeñaca et al. 1997
Sister taxa: Camdenidea, Carbonita, Cyclocyprididae, Cyclocypridinae, Cypridinae, Cypridopsinae, Cypridopsis, Disopontocypridinae, Eucandonidae, Eucypridinae, Eucypris, Herpetocypridinae, Pullvillites, Pulvillites, Scabriculocypris, Trapezoidellidae
Subtaxa: Cypridea Damonella Hourcqia Mantelliana Mongolocypris
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Mongolia (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (2), Canada (1: Alberta), China (6), France (2), India (1), Malawi (1), Mongolia (3), Poland (3), Spain (7), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Alaska, Utah)
• Jurassic of France (1), Portugal (3), Spain (1)
Total: 38 collections including 69 occurrences