NAME Monoporisporites mathurii
AGE Paleocene.   AGE span: 65.5...55.8 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Mathur YK. 1966. Studies in the fossil microflora of Kutch, India. II. On the microflora in the Supra-trappeans of western Kutch, India; Quarterly Journal of the Geological, Mining & Metallurgical Society of India, v. 38, p. 33-51.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY M. mathurii Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Matanomadh, western Kutch, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Apolar, radiosymmetric, oval, 25 x 19 µm, inaperturate [aperturate?]. Exine less than 1 µm thick, psilate, dark brown.
COMMENTS* The specific name is in reference to the oval shape of the sporomorphs.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Mathur YK. 1966. Studies in the fossil microflora of Kutch, India. II. On the microflora in the Supra-trappeans of western Kutch, India; Quarterly Journal of the Geological, Mining & Metallurgical Society of India, v. 38, p. 33-51.
K&J REMARKS The illustrated figure (pl. 1, fig. 10) distinctly shows the presence of an aperture (or hilum) at one end. It is more suitably included in the fossil fungal genus Monoporisporites. In this genus, the binomial M. ovalis is preoccupied, and its junior nomenclatural homonym would be illegitimate; hence a new specific epithet is here assigned.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Psilainaperturites ovalis Mathur 1966, p. 39, pl. 1, fig. 10. Non Monoporisporites ovalis Sheffy & Dilcher 1971.; Monoporisporites mathurii
SERIAL NUMBER 987
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.