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Ovaticeras
Taxonomy
Ovaticeras is a genus. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Harpoceratinae by Howarth (2013).
It was assigned to Ammonoidea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Harpoceratinae by Howarth (2013).
Species
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Ovaticeras
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†Ovaticeras ovatum Young and Bird 1822
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Invalid names: Ovaticeras pseudovatum Buckman 1918 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| height | 1 | 36.0 | |||||
| diameter | 1 | 95.0 | |||||
| inflation | 1 | 31.0 |
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| References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Toarcian or 184.20000 to 182.90000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Toarcian | Canada (British Columbia) | O. propinquum (53375) O. sp. (200055) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Spain (Granda) | O. ovatum (201081) | |
| Early/Lower Toarcian | Somalia | O. sp. (179136) | |
| Falciferum | Hungary | O. ovatum (148244) | |
| Falciferum | United Kingdom (Yorkshire) | O. ovatum (147851 147852 147865) |