Ovulites Lamarck 1816 (green algae)

Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae

Parent taxon: Udoteaceae according to A. K. Srivastava et al. 2018

See also Jauhri et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Chlorodesmis, Juraella, Mellporella, Palaeoporella, Saccamminopsis, Trelonella

Subtaxa: Ovulites arabica Ovulites elongata Ovulites margaritula Ovulites pyriformis

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Type: Ovulites margaritula

Ecology: stationary epifaunal "photoautotroph"

Distribution:

• Eocene of China (1 collection), India (10), Morocco (1), North Atlantic (11)

• Paleocene to Eocene of India (1), Iraq (3)

• Paleocene of China (10), Egypt (2), India (8), Iraq (4), Oman (6)

• Cretaceous of India (1)

Total: 58 collections including 65 occurrences

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