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Ovocarpus

Stylophora - Mitrata

Taxonomy
Ovocarpus was named by Ubaghs (1994) [Sepkoski's age data: O l]. It is not extant. Its type is Ovocarpus moncereti.

It was assigned to Mitrocystitidae by Ubaghs (1994); to Cornuta by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mitrocystitida by Lefebvre (2000), Lefebvre and Gutierrez-Marco (2003).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Ovocarpus Ubaghs p. 124
2000Ovocarpus Lefebvre p. 904 fig. 12
2002Ovocarpus Sepkoski
2003Ovocarpus Lefebvre and Gutierrez-Marco p. 43

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderMitrataJaekel 1918
suborderMitrocystitidaCaster 1952
genusOvocarpus

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. †Ovocarpus Ubaghs 1994
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Ovocarpus moncereti Ubaghs 1994
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Invalid names: Ovocarpus circularis Ubaghs 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 12:03:51
Modified: 2004-02-29 14:06:05
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Oretanian or 468.00000 to 461.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Toledo) O. moncereti (194076)