Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae
Alternative spelling: Paracyprididae
Parent taxon: Candonidae according to H. Wang et al. 2022
See also Babinot and Colin 2011, Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1968, Bertels 1969, Bertels 1973, Bertels 1975, Carignano 2012, CarreƱo and Cronin 1993, Forel 2014, Forel 2017, Forel 2017, Forel 2022, Kozur 1985 and Mennad et al. 2020
Sister taxon: Candoninae
Subtaxa: Aglaiocypris Electrocypria Paracypris Phlyctenophora Renaudcypridini Spinocypris Thalassocypridini
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of Austria (1), Greece (19), India (1), Italy (5), Morocco (1), Poland (3), 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 Algeria (1), Antarctica (6), Argentina (3), Brazil (1), France (1), Mexico (1), Morocco (10), Myanmar (1), 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 (26), Hungary (2), Iran (7), Israel (24), Italy (2), Romania (28), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Turkey (18), United States (1: Alaska), Vietnam (1)
• Permian of China (5), Iran (7), Thailand (1)
Total: 387 collections including 447 occurrences