NAME Anatolinites reklawensis
AGE Early Middle Eocene.   AGE span: 55.8...37.2 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Elsik WC, Ediger VS, Bati Z. 1990. Fossil fungal spores: Anatolinites nov. gen.; Palynology, v. 14, p. 91-103.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY A. reklawensis Elsik, Ediger & Bati 1990, p. 101, pl. 3, fig. 11.
LOCATION Reklaw Formation, lower Claiborne Group, central Texas.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Diporate, tetracellate, psilate fungal spores ca. 19 x 37 µm overall. The spore axis is straight. The spore outline is vaguely obovate, almost elliptical, with slight indentations at the septa. The spore wall is very thin over the proximal cell. The spore wall over the two middle cells is ca. 1 µm; it is 0.5 µm over the distal cell. All but the most proximal cell have an orange-brown pigment. The proximal pore is simple and minute, less than 0.25 µm. The distal pore is simple, ca. 0.5 µm, with the spore wall thinning from the inside of the spore into the pore.
COMMENTS* Anatolinites reklawensis has a more nearly elliptical outline than any other species of the form-genus.Anatolinites subcapsilaris (Sheffy & Dilcher 1971) emend. Elsik et al. 1990 approaches most closely the morphology of this species, but has a definite obovate outline. Named for its occurrence in the Reklaw Formation.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Elsik WC, Ediger VS, Bati Z. 1990. Fossil fungal spores: Anatolinites nov. gen.; Palynology, v. 14, p. 91-103.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Anatolinites reklawensis
SERIAL NUMBER 28
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