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Ovoidites
Taxonomy
Ovoidites was named by Krutzsch (1959) [GENUS Ovoidites POTONIÉ, 1951 ex THOMSON and PFLUG, 1953 emend. KRUTZSCH, 1959]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Zygnemataceae by Rich et al. (1982), Vallati et al. (2016), Vallati et al. (2020), Vera et al. (2022) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Zygnemataceae by Rich et al. (1982), Vallati et al. (2016), Vallati et al. (2020), Vera et al. (2022) and Perez Loinaze et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Ovoidites Krutzsch |
| 1982 | Ovoidites Rich et al. |
| 2016 | Ovoidites Vallati et al. |
| 2020 | Ovoidites Vallati et al. p. 5 |
| 2022 | Ovoidites Vera et al. |
| 2023 | Ovoidites Perez Loinaze et al. |
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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. †Ovoidites Krutzsch 1959
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†Ovoidites parvus Nakoman 1966
†Ovoidites spriggii Cookson and Dettmann 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Berriasian to the top of the Chattian or 145.00000 to 23.03000 Ma
Collections (92 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Berriasian | Denmark (Bornholm) | O. spp. (83134) | |
| Berriasian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | O. parvus (142093) | |
| Barremian | Egypt (El Wadi El Gadid) | O. parvus (139494 139495 139499 139501) | |
| Aptian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | O. grandis, O. parvus (223059) O. parvus (222982 223086 223332 223334 223336) O. parvus, O. spriggii (223031) O. spriggii (223004 223032) | |
| Turonian - Santonian | South Sudan | O. parvus (199975 199977) | |
| Coniacian - Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | O. sp. (233992) | |
| Maastrichtian | USA (North Dakota) | O. sp. (234421 234588 234589 234599 234602 234603) | |
| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | O. sp. (229243 229244 229245 229246 229247) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | O. parvus, O. spriggii (231725) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Spain (Aragón) | O. parvus (224902) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | O. spriggi, O. sp., O. parvus (234016) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | South Sudan | O. parvus (199953) | |
| Danian | Argentina (Chubut) | O. spp. (152264) | |
| Danian | USA (North Dakota) | O. sp. (234577 234578 234580 234582 234590 234591 234605 234608 234610 234612 234613 234614 234628) | |
| Paleocene - Eocene | USA (Virginia) | O. sp. (233015) | |
| Eocene | USA (Louisiana) | O. spp. (11097 11102 33759 33760 33761 33762 33764 33766 33768 33769 33770 33772 33773 33776 33778 33779 33781 33783 33786 33787 33789 33791 33796 33798 33801 33804 33806 33816 33818 33820 33825 33826 33828 33829 33830 33834 33836 33837 33838 33839 33840) | |
| MP 13 | Germany (Eifel) | O. sp. (24201) | |
| Oligocene | Spain (A Coruña) | O. spp. (154035) | |
| Chattian | Azerbaijan | O. sp. (116622) |