NAME Dicellaesporites foratus
AGE Oligocene.   AGE span: 33.9...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Didymosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Zhang Z. 1980. Lower Tertiary fungal spores from Lunpole Basin of Xizang, China (English summary); Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, v. 19, p. 296-301.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY D. foratus Zhang Zhongying 1980, p. 297, pl. 1, fig. 18.
LOCATION Niubao Formation, Lunpola Basin, northern Xizang Plateau, Xizang, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Inaperturate fungal spores consisting of two cells, outline of the spores elliptical and their size 30.9 x 68.5 µm. Individual cells of unequal size. External wall of spore 0.7 µm thick and psilate, surface ornamented with numerous punctae, diameter of punctae approximately 0.5-0.8 µm. One transverse septum is present; it is distinct, straight, 2.2 µm wide, and composed of two layers. The spore is somewhat constricted in the area of the transverse septum.
COMMENTS* This new species is readily separated from other species of the genus by the presence of numerous punctae on the surface of its external wall and by its relatively large size.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Zhang Z. 1980. Lower Tertiary fungal spores from Lunpole Basin of Xizang, China (English summary); Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, v. 19, p. 296-301.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Dicellaesporites foratus
SERIAL NUMBER 250
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.