Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae
Parent taxon: Cyprididae according to S. Ballent et al. 2011
See also Martens and Savatenalinton 2011, Van Itterbeeck et al. 2007 and Whatley et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Camdenidea, Carbonita, Cyclocyprididae, Cyclocypridinae, Cyprideidae, Cypridopsinae, Cypridopsis, Disopontocypridinae, Eucandonidae, Eucypridinae, Eucypris, Herpetocypridinae, Pullvillites, Pulvillites, Scabriculocypris, Trapezoidellidae
Subtaxa: Cypris Kassinina Lycopterocypris Mongolianella Paracypretta Paracyprinotus Paraeucypris Pattersoncypris Petrobrasia Rectocypris Suzinia Virgatocypris
Type: Cypris
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 Argentina (3), Brazil (5), China (1), France (1), India (4), Liberia (1), Mongolia (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic of Indonesia (1), Italy (1)
Total: 33 collections including 39 occurrences