NAME Banksieaeidites erdtmanii
AGE Late Eocene-Early Oligocene.   AGE span: 37.2...28.4 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Varma CP, Rawat MS. 1963. A note on some diporate grains recovered from Tertiary horizons of India and their potential marker value; Grana Palynologica, v. 4, p. 130-139.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY B. erdtmanii (Varma & Rawat) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Western and eastern India, in West Bengal and Assam; geographically the areas are about 1440 km. apart.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Pollen grains 2-porate, bilateral, isopolar, somewhat elongated and barrel-shaped (30 x 42.5 x 30 µm). Pores simple, sunken, presumably circular (about 14.3 µm in diameter), occupying the entire lateral ends of the grain. Exine granulate (first order), about 1.4 µm. Sexine slightly thicker than nexine.
COMMENTS* Frequency low.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Varma CP, Rawat MS. 1963. A note on some diporate grains recovered from Tertiary horizons of India and their potential marker value; Grana Palynologica, v. 4, p. 130-139.
K&J REMARKS See remarks from Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) under the genus Granodiporites.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Granodiporites erdtmanii Varma & Rawat 1963, p. 135, fig. 13.; Banksieaeidites erdtmanii
SERIAL NUMBER 89
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.