Family Cytheruridae Müller 1894 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Alternative spelling: Cytherurinae

Parent taxon: Cytheroidea according to M. B. Forel 2022

See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Ballent 1980, Bertels 1969, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1974, Bertels 1975, Blaszyk 1987, Carignano 2012, Forel 2017, Hazel and Holden 1971, Krutak 1961, Marianos and Valentine 1958 and Musacchio 1973

Sister taxa: Berounellidae, Bythocytheridae, Pseudocytheridae

Subtaxa: Cytheropterinae Cytherura Cytherurinae Eucytherurinae Hemicytherura Howeina Judahella Kangarina Kobayashiina Konarocythere Mehesella Metacytheropteron Microceratina Mockella Orthonotacythere Otocythere Paracytheridea Paracytheropteron Paradoxorhyncha Pelecocythere Procytheropteron Procytherura Typhlocythere Wolburgia

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (1: Ontario collection), France (2), Iceland (1), India (2), Panama (1), United States (2: Florida)

• Pliocene of Panama (1), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (2)

• Miocene of Colombia (7), Cuba (1), Greece (17), India (1), Italy (6), Panama (1), Peru (1), Poland (19), South Africa (3), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (1: Maryland), Venezuela (4)

• Oligocene of Antarctica (4), Antigua and Barbuda (2), Germany (1), Indian Ocean (1), Mexico (5), Puerto Rico (1), United States (3: Alabama, North Carolina)

• Eocene of Bangladesh (1), Indian Ocean (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (5), Tonga (1), United States (24: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Washington)

• Paleocene of Argentina (22), Indian Ocean (1), Trinidad and Tobago (4), Tunisia (1), United States (3: Texas)

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Antarctica (6), Argentina (20), Australia (1), France (2), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), Portugal (14), Spain (1), Tunisia (8), Ukraine (1), United States (7: Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas)

• Jurassic of Austria (4), France (4), Germany (52), Madagascar (3), Portugal (22), the Russian Federation (12), Spain (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (15)

• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (2), Canada (2: Yukon), China (9), France (3), Hungary (1), Iran (5), Israel (9), Italy (5), Pakistan (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (2), United States (1: Alaska)

• Permian of Canada (1: British Columbia), Hungary (7), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 392 collections including 933 occurrences

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