Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae
Full reference: O. F. Müller. 1776. Zoologicae Danicae Prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae Indigenarum. Characteres, Nomina et Synonyma Imprimis Popularium 1-281
Parent taxon: Cypridinae according to K. Martens and S. Savatenalinton 2011
See also Müller 1776 and Van Itterbeeck et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Kassinina, Lycopterocypris, Mongolianella, Paracypretta, Paracyprinotus, Paraeucypris, Pattersoncypris, Petrobrasia, Rectocypris, Suzinia, Virgatocypris
Subtaxa: Cypris dashzevegi Cypris florissantensis Cypris pubera
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (4 collections), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Pliocene of Kenya (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Paleocene of China (1)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic of Indonesia (1), Italy (1)
Total: 18 collections including 22 occurrences
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