Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Alternative combination: Cytheridea (Clithrocytheridea) garretti
Full reference: H. V. Howe and J. Chambers. 1935. Louisiana Jackson Eocene Ostracoda. Geological Bulletin 5
Belongs to Cytheridea according to H. V. Howe and J. Chambers 1935
See also Stephenson 1936
Sister taxa: Cytheridea (Clithrocytheridea), Cytheridea (Cytheridea), Cytheridea (Haplocytheridea), Cytheridea broussardi, Cytheridea byramensis, Cytheridea caldwellensis, Cytheridea campwallacensis, Cytheridea carolinensis, Cytheridea chesapeakensis, Cytheridea ehlersi, Cytheridea fornicata, Cytheridea grigsbyi, Cytheridea hopkinsi, Cytheridea jessupensis, Cytheridea kellumi, Cytheridea leei, Cytheridea marthavillensis, Cytheridea mcguirti, Cytheridea montgomeryensis, Cytheridea moodyi, Cytheridea multipunctata, Cytheridea pendletonesis, Cytheridea perarcuata, Cytheridea pyeatti, Cytheridea robertsi, Cytheridea ruginosa, Cytheridea ruida, Cytheridea sabinensis, Cytheridea spooneri, Cytheridea subovata, Cytheridea veatchi, Cytheridea wallacei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Keyser Hill, which is in an Oligocene marginal marine horizon in Alabama
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Eocene of United States (13: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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