NAME Ramasricellites lunpolaensis
AGE Middle-Late Oligocene.   AGE span: 48.6...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Zhang Z. 1980. Lower Tertiary fungal spores from Lunpole Basin of Xizang, China (English summary); Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, v. 19, p. 296-301.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY R. lunpolaensis (Song) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Lunpola Basin, Xizang, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Inaperturate fungal spores, 45.2 x 13.1 µm in size, consisting of four cells. The spores have a pointed, elongate fusiform outline; the terminal cells have an elongate triangular shape, the middle cells are rectangular. Spore wall 0.5 µm thick, smooth, often bearing fine longitudinal plications. The three septa are distinct, are 2.9-3.8 µm wide, and appear to be composed of two layers.
COMMENTS* Multicellaesporites fusiformis Sheffy & Dilcher 1971 [now: Pluricellaesporites malevisus nom. nov.] is smaller, has proportionally larger central cells [and here is considered to be monoporate].
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Zhang Z. 1980. Lower Tertiary fungal spores from Lunpole Basin of Xizang, China (English summary); Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, v. 19, p. 296-301.
K&J REMARKS See remarks from Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) under Multicellaesporites evidens Zhang,
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Multicellaesporites evidens Zhang Zhongying 1980, p. 298, pl. 1, fig. 10.
Non Multicellaesporites evidens Ke & Shi 1978, p. 37, pl. 2, fig. 10.
Multicellaesporites lunpolaensis Song in Song et al. 1999, p. 19 (nom. nov.).; Ramasricellites lunpolaensis
SERIAL NUMBER 1504
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.