NAME Mossopisporites multicellulus
AGE Eocene-Oligocene.   AGE span: 55.8...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Staurosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ke, Shi. 1978. (pseudonym of Sung, Z.C., Tsao, L., Chou, H.I., Kwang, H.L. & Wang, K.T.) Early Tertiary spores and pollen grains from the coastal region of the Bohai (in Chinese); Academy of Petroleum Exploration, Development and Planning Research of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries and the Nanjing Institute of Geology, and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kexue Chubanshe, Peking, 177 p.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY M. multicellulus (Ke & Shi) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Gangzhou, Hebei Province, Coastal region of Bohai, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores 43.5 µm in diameter. Outline triangular, sides straight or slightly convex. Cells at least 20 in number, each cell oblong or flattened, 8 x 5.8 µm in size. Triporate, pores situated at corners of triangle, diameter of pores 4 µm. Spore wall up to 1 µm thick. Surface scabrate-psilate.
COMMENTS* The rather high number of cells observed in the spores of this species serves to distinguish them from the spores in Triporicellaesporites triangulus.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ke, Shi. 1978. (pseudonym of Sung, Z.C., Tsao, L., Chou, H.I., Kwang, H.L. & Wang, K.T.) Early Tertiary spores and pollen grains from the coastal region of the Bohai (in Chinese); Academy of Petroleum Exploration, Development and Planning Research of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries and the Nanjing Institute of Geology, and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kexue Chubanshe, Peking, 177 p.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Triporicellaesporites multicellulus Ke & Shi 1978, p. 50, pl. 5, fig. 16.; Mossopisporites multicellulus
SERIAL NUMBER 1017
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.