Ostracoda - Podocopida - Paradoxostomatidae
Parent taxon: Cytheracea according to J. E. Hazel and J. C. Holden 1971
Sister taxa: Atjehella, Bronsteiniana, Climacoidea, Covracytheridae, Cytheralison, Emphasia, Exophthalmocythere, Falunia, Habrocythere, Hemicytheridae, Hemikrithe, Juvenix, Kerocytheridae, Leguminocythereidae, Leptocytheridae, Lymnocytheridae, Mandelstamia, Marslatourella, Mediocytherideis, Naviculina, Neocytherideidae, Paenula, Palaeocytheridea, Pavloviella, Pectocytheridae, Platycythere, Progonocytheridae, Protocytheridae, Pseudocytheromorpha, Pseudocytherura, Pseudokrithe, Pulviella, Rectocythere, Rubracea, Ruttenella, Saida, Schizocytheridae, Segmina, Semicytheridea, Sinusuellidae, Stillina, Taxodiella, Thalmannia, Tomiellidae, Trachyleberidae, Velarocythere, Vicinia
Subtaxa: Cytheromatinae Microcytherinae Paradoxostomatinae
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Iceland (1), Italy (1), Panama (1)
• Pliocene of Panama (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene of Kazakhstan (2), Panama (1), Poland (17), South Africa (2), Venezuela (8)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1), Tonga (1)
• Jurassic of Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 41 collections including 82 occurrences