NAME Monoporisporites sperryi
AGE Paleocene.   AGE span: 65.5...55.8 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Elsik WC. 1968. Palynology of a Paleocene Rockdale lignite, Milam County, Texas. I. Morphology and taxonomy; Pollen et Spores, v. 10, p. 263-314.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY M. sperryi (Elsik) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Strip mine approximately 7 miles southwest of Rockdale, Milam County, Texas, USA.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Monoporate, reticulate fungal spores 8 x 13 µm. Wall of two layers; inner one psilate and 0.5 µm thick. Outer layer reticulate, 0.5 µm thick, thinning apically and over the base. Reticulum irregular; muri less than 0.5 µm across. Apical pore, ca. 0.5 µm, bulges outward but wall is not thickened.
COMMENTS* Affinity to Basidiomycetes?
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Elsik WC. 1968. Palynology of a Paleocene Rockdale lignite, Milam County, Texas. I. Morphology and taxonomy; Pollen et Spores, v. 10, p. 263-314.
K&J REMARKS Through Kalgutkar and Jansonius's (2000) transfer of this species, the type of Reticulatisporonites, to Monoporisporites, Reticulatisporonites becomes a junior taxonomic synonym of the latter.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Reticulatisporonites sperryi Elsik 1968, p. 276, pl. 2, fig. 16.; Monoporisporites sperryi
SERIAL NUMBER 1011
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.