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NAME
Monoporisporites perminutus
AGE
Paleocene-Eocene.
AGE span:
65.5...33.9
mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
FIGURE(S)
Pl.3fig.1.jpg
FIGURE REFERENCE
Doubinger J, Pons D. 1973. Les champignons épiphylles du Tertiaire de Colombie. I. Le gisement de Cerrejón (Paléocène-Éocène); 96e Congrès National des Sociétés savantes, Toulouse, 1971, Sciences, v. 5, p. 233-252.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY
M. perminutus Doubinger & Pons 1973, p. 242, pl. 4, fig. 1.
LOCATION
Cerrejon basin, Colombia, South America.
ORIG DESCRIPTION
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Spores spherical, smooth, monoporate and highly melanized, 4-5 µm in diameter; wall thickness 0.75 µm. The pore diameter is less than 0.30 µm. [Unedited translation from French; GSC Calgary Library, Translation No. 4047624.]
COMMENTS
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The species described by van der Hammen are larger in size: 13 and 15 µm in diameter. [Translation No. T4047624.]
PUBLICATION REFERENCE
Doubinger J, Pons D. 1973. Les champignons épiphylles du Tertiaire de Colombie. I. Le gisement de Cerrejón (Paléocène-Éocène); 96e Congrès National des Sociétés savantes, Toulouse, 1971, Sciences, v. 5, p. 233-252.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms)
Monoporisporites perminutus
SERIAL NUMBER
1001
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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For source, see Publication Reference.