NAME Staphlosporonites irregularis
AGE Upper Eocene-Oligocene, Miocene-Pliocene.   AGE span: 48.6...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Dictyosporae.
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 S. irregularis (Ediger) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Thrace Basin, Turkey.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fungal spores of seven or more irregular cells. Shape is irregularly elongate. There are six or more septa, at least two of them are transverse to the others. Septa are thick and dark colored. A light colored, rounded weak zone at the middle of [each of] the cells is obvious. A hyaline and more rectangular cell is at one end. Cells are inaperturate, or there may be a pore-like aperture at the middle of the cells. Dimensions: 10-15 x 26-45 µm.
COMMENTS* Botanical affinity may be with Alternaria.
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 As for the genus Transeptaesporites.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Transeptaesporites irregularis Ediger 1981, p. 94, pl, 3, fig. 7.; Staphlosporonites irregularis
SERIAL NUMBER 1634
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.