NAME Biporipsilonites fusiformis
AGE Late Quaternary.   AGE span: 0.781...0 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Chandra A, Saxena RK, Setty MGAP. 1984. Palynological investigation of the sediment cores from the Arabian Sea: I. Fungal spores; Biovigyanam, v. 10, p. 41-58.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY B. fusiformis (Chandra et al.) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Cores from the Arabian Sea, type locality Core no. 1.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fusiform-elliptical fungal spores; size range 35-70 x 16-18 µm; unicellate; aseptate; diporate, pores on both apices of spore, 4-6 µm in diameter, pore margin not thickened; spore wall 0.5-1.0 µm thick, psilate, sometimes dark-pigmented, occasionally slightly folded.
COMMENTS* The present species resembles Diporisporites elongatus, D. minutiporatus and D. minutus, all proposed by van der Hammen (1954), and D. hammenii Elsik 1968 in shape and psilate spore wall but can be differentiated by its much larger size. Diporisporites anklesvarensis (Varma & Rawat) Elsik 1968 has a foveolate spore wall.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Chandra A, Saxena RK, Setty MGAP. 1984. Palynological investigation of the sediment cores from the Arabian Sea: I. Fungal spores; Biovigyanam, v. 10, p. 41-58.
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TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Diporisporites fusiformis Chandra, Saxena & Setty 1984, p. 54, pl. 2, fig. 38.; Biporipsilonites fusiformis
SERIAL NUMBER 99
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.