Ostracoda - Podocopida - Thaerocytheridae
Parent taxon: Trachyleberidoidea according to C. T. Bergue and A. Govindan 2010
See also Ayress 1995 and Yamaguchi et al. 2016
Sister taxon: Hemicytheridae
Subtaxa: Bradleyinae Thaerocythere
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Panama (1 collection)
• Pliocene of New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (3)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), India (1), Southern Ocean (1), Trinidad and Tobago (3)
• Oligocene of Indian Ocean (2), Southern Ocean (2)
• Eocene of Indian Ocean (3), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), Southern Ocean (4), Tonga (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (2)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
Total: 29 collections including 37 occurrences