NAME Monoporisporites oviformis
AGE Upper Eocene-Oligocene, Miocene-Pliocene.   AGE span: 48.6...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ediger VS. 1981. Fossil fungal and algal bodies from Thrace Basin, Turkey; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 179, p. 87-102.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY M. oviformis (Ediger) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Thrace Basin, Turkey.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Unicellate, aseptate, monoporate fungal spores. Pore is placed at the apical end of the grain. Perfectly elliptical shape. Exine is 1.5-3 µm thick, psilate, folded. Pore structure is simple, there is no thickening of exine around pores. Dimensions: 20 x 40 µm.
COMMENTS* The large size of this species separates it from other species of Lacrimasporonites.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ediger VS. 1981. Fossil fungal and algal bodies from Thrace Basin, Turkey; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 179, p. 87-102.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Lacrimasporonites oviformis Ediger 1981, p. 90, pl. 1, fig. 16.; Monoporisporites oviformis
SERIAL NUMBER 999
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.