Parent taxon: Zygnemataceae according to V. S. Perez Loinaze et al. 2023
See also Clyde et al. 2021, Mahmoud and Deaf 2007, Nuñez Otaño et al. 2024, Perez Loinaze et al. 2025, Pérez Pincheira and di Pasquo 2021, Vallati et al. 2016, Vallati et al. 2020 and Vera et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Catinipollis, Diagonalites, Gelasinicysta, Lecaniella, Mougeotia, Mougeotiates, Spirogyra, Stigmozygodites, Tetranguladinium, Tetraporina
Subtaxa: Ovoidites parvus Ovoidites spriggii
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Spain (1)
• Eocene of Germany (14), United States (41: Louisiana)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Virginia)
• Paleocene of Argentina (6), United States (13: North Dakota)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (28), Denmark (1), Egypt (4), France (1), South Sudan (3), Spain (1), United States (6: North Dakota)
Total: 122 collections including 133 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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