Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae
Parent taxon: Cytheroidea according to J. F. Babinot and J. P. Colin 2011
See also Bertels 1969, Blaszyk 1987, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Hazel 1983, Marianos and Valentine 1958 and Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Sister taxa: Berounellidae, Bythocytheridae, Pseudocytheridae
Subtaxa: Camptocythere Cnestocythere Cythere Cytherinae Cytheromorphinae Gemmanella Gesoriacula Hemicytheridea Kellettella Loxocythere Progonocytherinae Speluncella
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of India (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), New Zealand (1), United States (1: North Carolina)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Belgium (1), Greece (9), Italy (5), Panama (1), Poland (18), Puerto Rico (1), South Africa (1)
• Oligocene of Antarctica (3), Italy (1), Mexico (1)
• Eocene of India (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (1), Pakistan (1), the United Kingdom (6), United States (7: California, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), France (3), Gambia (1), Germany (1), the Netherlands (2), Poland (1), Portugal (4), South Africa (1), Tunisia (4), United States (2: Oklahoma, Texas)
• Jurassic of France (2), Jordan (1), Madagascar (2), Portugal (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (4)
• Triassic of Kazakhstan (1)
• Permian of Australia (1), Lithuania (8), the United Kingdom (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (1), United States (3: Kansas, Ohio)
Total: 118 collections including 197 occurrences