Family Thaerocytheridae Hazel 1967 (ostracod)

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

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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

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