NAME Cucurbitariaceites keralaensis
AGE Miocene.   AGE span: 23.03...5.332 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes, Dothideales (jr. synonym: Pseudosphaeriales).
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FIGURE REFERENCE Varma YNR, Patil RS. 1985. Fungal remains from the Tertiary carbonaceous days of Tonakkal area, Kerala; Geophytology, v. 15, p. 151-158.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY C. keralaensis Varma & Patil 1985, p. 155, pl. 1, fig. 29.
LOCATION Tonakkal area, Trivandrum District, Kerala, South India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Pseudoperithecia, subcircular to circular, dark brown, 86-90 µm in diameter. Outer region light brown, characteristically very wide (about 28-32 µm), uneven, with microreticulate ornamentation, imparting a mesh-like appearance to the peripheral zone. Central part conspicuously small, circular in outline, about 20-26 µm in diameter, with radiating lines of appressed asci running from the radius to the periphery of the central part. Central part darker than the peripheral region.
COMMENTS* Cucurbitariaceites keralaensis can be recognized by its conspicuously small, dark brown, translucent central region with radiating appressed asci; and the large, mesh-like light brown peripheral region. The specific name is after the state in which the locality is situated. It is a rarely encountered taxon in the present study. Affinity: Pseudosphaeriales (Ascomycetes).
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Varma YNR, Patil RS. 1985. Fungal remains from the Tertiary carbonaceous days of Tonakkal area, Kerala; Geophytology, v. 15, p. 151-158.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Cucurbitariaceites keralaensis
SERIAL NUMBER 212
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 *For source, see Publication Reference.