†Ovulites Lamarck 1816 (green algae)
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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
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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