Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Full reference: J. E. Hazel. 1983. Age and correlation of the Yorktown (Pliocene) and Croatan (Pliocene and Pleistocene) formations at the Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 53:81-199
Parent taxon: Cytherideinae according to J. E. Hazel 1983
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anomocytheridea, Asciocythere, Clithrocytheridea, Cophinia, Cyamocytheridea, Dolocytheridea, Fossocytheridea, Galliaecytheridea, Haplocytheridea, Heterocyprideis, Kalyptovalva, Kentrodictyocythere, Netrocytheridea, Nodophthalmocythere, Palaeocytheridella, Phelocyprideis, Pichottia, Pseudocytheridea, Sphenocytheridea, Vernoniella
Subtaxa: Peratocytheridea sandbergi Peratocytheridea setipunctata
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at Lee Creek Mine, Yorktown Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)
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