Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae
Parent taxon: Paracyprididae according to M. B. Forel 2022
See also Alexander 1934, Babinot and Colin 2011, Ballent 1998, Bertels 1968, Bertels 1969, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1975, Carignano 2012, Carreño and Cronin 1993, Ceolin et al. 2024, Ceolin et al. 2015, Crasquin 2008, Forel 2014, Forel 2017, Forel 2017 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aglaiocypris, Electrocypria, Phlyctenophora, Renaudcypridini, Spinocypris, Thalassocypridini
Subtaxa: Paracypris aculeata Paracypris bertelsae Paracypris eniotmetos Paracypris franquesi Paracypris gaetanii Paracypris imaguncula Paracypris jaguelensis Paracypris jinyaensis Paracypris jonesi Paracypris krivipotokensis Paracypris levis Paracypris meridionalis Paracypris oanaella Paracypris perapiculata Paracypris polita Paracypris redcarensis Paracypris rosefieldensis Paracypris scalaris Paracypris semidisca Paracypris tabulasaxensis Paracypris vietnamensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of India (1), Italy (3), Morocco (1), Turkey (5)
• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (2), Indian Ocean (2), Puerto Rico (4), United States (3: Alabama, Louisiana)
• Eocene of Bangladesh (1), Hungary (2), India (2), Indian Ocean (5), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Nigeria (6), North Atlantic (1), Pakistan (4), United States (14: Alabama, Louisiana, Louisiana/Texas, Mississippi)
• Paleocene of Argentina (17), Indian Ocean (1), Togo (1), Trinidad and Tobago (7), Tunisia (1), United States (2: Missouri, Texas)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (4)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (6), Argentina (3), Brazil (1), France (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (10), Portugal (2), Tunisia (4), United States (6: Oklahoma, Texas)
• Jurassic of Austria (2), France (6), Germany (51), Hungary (2), Madagascar (4), Portugal (14), the Russian Federation (9), Saudi Arabia (4), Spain (3), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Triassic of Canada (10: Yukon), China (24), Iran (7), Israel (24), Italy (2), Romania (3), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Turkey (16), Vietnam (1)
• Permian of China (4), Iran (6)
Total: 324 collections including 371 occurrences
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