Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Alternative combination: Cytheridea (Clithrocytheridea) grigsbyi
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 garretti, 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
Subtaxa: Cytheridea grigsbyi vicksburgensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wooleys bluff, a bluff on Caney creek, which is in an Eocene marginal marine horizon in Louisiana
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Mexico (6 collections), United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (15: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence
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