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Ovoidites

Algae - Zygnemataceae

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), Clyde et al. (2021), Pérez Pincheira and di Pasquo (2021), Vera et al. (2022), Perez Loinaze et al. (2023), Nuñez Otaño et al. (2024), Perez Loinaze et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Ovoidites Krutzsch
1982Ovoidites Rich et al.
2016Ovoidites Vallati et al.
2020Ovoidites Vallati et al. p. 5
2021Ovoidites Clyde et al.
2021Ovoidites Pérez Pincheira and di Pasquo
2022Ovoidites Vera et al.
2023Ovoidites Perez Loinaze et al.
2024Ovoidites Nuñez Otaño et al.
2025Ovoidites Perez Loinaze et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
classAlgae
RankNameAuthor
familyZygnemataceaeKutzing 1898
genusOvoiditesKrutzsch 1959

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 143.10000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (113 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Denmark (Bornholm) O. spp. (83134)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05France (Poitou-Charentes) O. parvus (142093)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Egypt (El Wadi El Gadid) O. parvus (139494 139495 139499 139501)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Early/Lower Paleocene100.5 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) O. sp. 1, O. spriggii (195707)
Turonian - Santonian93.9 - 83.6South Sudan O. parvus (199975 199977)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) O. sp. (231738) O. sp., O. spriggii (231742) O. spriggii (231747)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Aragón) O. parvus (224902)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) O. sp. (233992) O. spriggi, O. sp., O. parvus (234016)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Sudan O. parvus (199953)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) O. parvus (239870 239871 239872 239873 239874 239875) O. sp. (229243 229244 229245 229246 229247) O. sp. 1, O. spriggii (199410 239890 239891)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) O. sp. (234421 234588 234589 234599 234602 234603)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) O. grandis (235479) O. sp. (235472 235478 235480)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (North Dakota) O. sp. (234577 234578 234580 234582 234590 234591 234605 234608 234610 234612 234613 234614 234628)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) O. sp. 1, O. spriggii (239892) O. spp. (152264)
Paleocene - Eocene66.0 - 33.9USA (Virginia) O. sp. (233015)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (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 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) O. sp. (24201)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Germany (Hesse) O. spp. (235235 235237 235239 235240 235241 235242 235244 235247 235248 235249 235251 235252 235253)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Spain (A Coruña) O. spp. (154035)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Azerbaijan O. sp. (116622)