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Ovulites

Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Udoteaceae

Taxonomy
Ovulites was named by Lamarck (1816). Its type is Ovulites margaritula.

It was assigned to Halimedaceae by Jauhri et al. (2006); and to Udoteaceae by Srivastava et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Ovulites Lamarck
2006Ovulites Jauhri et al. p. 58
2018Ovulites Srivastava et al.

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classUlvophyceae
orderBryopsidalesSchaffner 1922
familyUdoteaceaeEndlicher 1834
genusOvulitesLamarck 1816

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. †Ovulites Lamarck 1816
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†Ovulites arabica Pfender 1938
†Ovulites elongata Lamarck 1883
†Ovulites margaritula Lamarck 1816
†Ovulites pyriformis Schwager 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, marine, brackish, freshwaterp
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2007-10-23 01:56:40
Modified: 2007-10-23 03:56:40
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Lutetian or 72.10000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) O. sp. (191528)
Danian66.0 - 61.6China (Tibet) O. sp. (215945 215946)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Oman (Ash Sharqiyah) O. sp. (215825 215826 215827 215828)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2China (Tibet) O. sp. (215941 215942 215948)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Egypt (Red Sea Governorate) O. arabica (215921)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Iraq (Kurdistan) O. sp. (215047 215048 215049)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Oman (Ash Sharqiyah) O. sp. (215829 215831)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Iraq (Sulaymaniyah) O. sp. (215123)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0China (Tibet) O. sp. (215937 215938 215940 215943 215949)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India (Meghalaya) O. sp. (216236 216237 216238 216239 216240 216241 216242)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India (Megahlaya) O. sp. (214608)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Egypt (Red Sea Governorate) O. arabica, O. pyriformis (215920)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Iraq (Nineveh) O. sp. (215885 215886 215887)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8India (Meghalaya) O. sp. (216707)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Meghalaya) O. margaritula, O. arabica, O. pyriformis (214993)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Brazil (Amapa) O. sp. (215888 215889 215890 215891 215892 215893 215894 215895 215896 215897 215898)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco (Ifrane) O. margaritula (215932)
Ypresian - Priabonian56.0 - 33.9China (Tibet) O. margaritula (215498)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71India O. sp. (149334)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71India (Mehalaya) O. sp. (216703)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Meghalaya) O. margaritula, O. arabica, O. pyriformis (214994)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Gujarat) O. margaritula, O. elongata, O. arabica (215259)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (West Bengal) O. sp. (215251 215252 215253 215254 215255)