NAME Valsarites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes, Sphaeriales.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Valsarites Puri 1963, p. 14.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: (combined description): This is an ascospore of some Ascomycetes, measuring 21 x 12 µm in the middle of the broader segment. It is divided into two halves by an equatorial wall that is continuous. The lower half is narrower, about 10 µm or so. There seems to be some sort of irregular and faint reticulation. The wall of the spore is not thickened.
COMMENTS* Resembles ascospores of Endothia, Didymosphaeria, Othia and Valsaria; closest in size are spores of Valsaria insitiva.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Puri GS. 1963. Some Plant-micro-fossils from the Cretaceous and Paleocene of Nigeria; University of Ibadan Botanical Studies, No. 10, p. 1-142.
K&J REMARKS Without the presence of a fructification, the classification of these spores is difficult to determine. Possibly, these forms could be assigned to Dicellaesporites, in which case their classification should read: Fungi Imperfecti, Didymosporae.
TYPE TYPE: Valsarites senonianus Puri 1963, p. 14, pl. 1, fig. 15.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Valsarites;
SERIAL NUMBER 1769
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.