Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pontocyprididae
Parent taxon: Pontocyprididae according to M. B. Forel 2017
See also Alexander 1934, CarreƱo and Cronin 1993, Ceolin et al. 2024, Ceolin et al. 2015, Hazel and Holden 1971 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Australoecia, Bakunella, Haworthina, Liasina, Pontocyprella, Pontocypris, Propontocypris, Subulacypris
Subtaxa: Argilloecia abnormalis Argilloecia concludus Argilloecia faba Argilloecia hiwanneensis Argilloecia hydrodynamicus Argilloecia subcylindrica
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Panama (1)
• Miocene of Italy (1), Poland (10), South Africa (3), Trinidad and Tobago (2)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (3), Germany (1), Mexico (4)
• Eocene of Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Tonga (1)
• Paleocene of Argentina (13), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (2: Texas)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), Argentina (5)
• Triassic of Turkey (1)
Total: 57 collections including 73 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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