Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Alternative spelling: Thaerocytherini
Parent taxon: Hemicytheridae according to A. Bertels 1975
See also Bertels 1969, CarreƱo and Cronin 1993, Hazel 1983 and Hazel and Holden 1971
Sister taxa: Absonocytheropteron, Ambostracon, Aurila, Aurilini, Bradleyini, Campylocytherinae, Coquimbini, Echinocythereidini, Elofsonella, Hemicythere, Hemicytheria, Heterocythereis, Mutilus, Neobuntonia, Nephokirkos, Orioninae, Orioninini, Patagonacythere, Pokornyellini, Procythereis, Quadracythere, Reussicythere, Robustaurila, Urocythereidinae
Subtaxa: Hermanites Jugosocythereis Poseidonamicus Thaerocythere Tongacythere
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene to Pliocene of North Atlantic (3)
• Miocene of Belgium (1), India (1), Poland (1), Puerto Rico (2), South Africa (1)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (3), Italy (2), Mexico (2), Puerto Rico (12), United States (2: Louisiana, North Carolina)
• Eocene of India (1), Libya (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Tonga (1), United States (5: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (4: Missouri)
• Cretaceous of Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 53 collections including 78 occurrences