NAME Uncinulites artuziae
AGE Middle?-Late Eocene to Late Oligocene, Miocene-Pliocene.   AGE span: 48.6...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti?, Amerosporae?
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ediger VS, Alisan C. 1989. Tertiary fungal and algal palynomorph biostratigraphy of the northern Thrace Basin, Turkey; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 58, p. 139-161.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY U. artuziae Ediger & Alisan 1989, p. 154, pl. 1, fig. 8.
LOCATION Northern Thrace Basin, Turkey.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Unicellular, aseptate, inaperturate, irregularly circular fungal spores. Exine is 1-2 µm thick and echinate with numerous 5-7 µm long spines. Size 28-40 µm in diameter.
COMMENTS* Uncinulites pampalonii differs from U. baccarinii Pampaloni 1902, emend. Salmon 1903, by having 50-80 short spines.

Derivation of name: In honor of the late Prof. Samime Artüz.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ediger VS, Alisan C. 1989. Tertiary fungal and algal palynomorph biostratigraphy of the northern Thrace Basin, Turkey; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 58, p. 139-161.
K&J REMARKS From the illustration of this grain, Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) see some similarity to angiosperm pollen.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Uncinulites artuziae
SERIAL NUMBER 1762
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.