NAME Monoporisporites magnus
AGE Late Paleocene-Early Eocene.   AGE span: 58.7...40.4 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Kalgutkar RM. 1993. Paleogene fungal palynomorphs from Bonnet Plume Formation, Yukon Territory; Contributions to Canadian Paleontology, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 444, p. 51-105.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY M. magnus Kalgutkar 1993, p. 83, pl. 4.3, fig. 9.
LOCATION Peel River, Yukon Territory, Canada.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Monoporate, aseptate, psilate, spherical to broadly oval, thin-walled, light brown spores. Spore wall rigid, sometimes folded, smooth. Pore simple, may occur at different locations on the surface wall, but commonly at one end of the longest diameter. The end opposite the pore often shows a slight thickening. Spore 30-43 x 25-33 µm.
COMMENTS* The notably large size of the spores separate this species from other known species of Monoporisporites van der Hammen 1954.

Etymology: From the Latin, magnus, large, referring to the size of the spores.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Kalgutkar RM. 1993. Paleogene fungal palynomorphs from Bonnet Plume Formation, Yukon Territory; Contributions to Canadian Paleontology, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 444, p. 51-105.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Monoporisporites magnus
SERIAL NUMBER 986
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.