Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Parent taxon: Cytherideinae according to A. Bertels 1973
See also Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1969 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anomocytheridea, Asciocythere, Clithrocytheridea, Cophinia, Dolocytheridea, Fossocytheridea, Galliaecytheridea, Haplocytheridea, Heterocyprideis, Kalyptovalva, Kentrodictyocythere, Netrocytheridea, Nodophthalmocythere, Palaeocytheridella, Peratocytheridea, Phelocyprideis, Pichottia, Pseudocytheridea, Sphenocytheridea, Vernoniella
Subtaxa: Cyamocytheridea dertonensis Cyamocytheridea felix Cyamocytheridea meniscus Cyamocytheridea obstipa
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), Greece (12), Poland (10)
• Eocene of United States (5: Alabama)
Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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