NAME Brachysporisporites longovatus
AGE Late Cretaceous.   AGE span: 99.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Song Z, Cao L. 1994. Late Cretaceous fungal spores from King George Island, Antarctica; Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Fides Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, Monograph 3, p. 47-49.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY B. longovatus Song Zhichen & Cao Liu 1994, p. 41, pl. 2, fig. 1.
LOCATION King George Island, Antarctica.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores elongated ovate or narrowly spoon-shaped in outline, width of spores narrowing from the middle part to both ends, and one end sharper than the other; average size of spores in 10 specimens 50-55 µm in length, 21-24 µm in width; size of holotype 50 µm in length, widest part 24 µm in width; three- to four-celled, basal cell elongated, its length 2/3 as long as long axis of spore, other two or three cells short, small and trapezium-shaped, proximal end flat or pointed, spore probably hilate, contact areas at the septa between cells without distinct indentations; two to three septa, without folds; spore wall thick, about 1.5 µm in thickness, surface smooth, black.
COMMENTS* The new species differs from other known species of the genus Brachysporisporites in having an elongated ovate distal cell.

Etymology: elongated egg-shaped spore.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Song Z, Cao L. 1994. Late Cretaceous fungal spores from King George Island, Antarctica; Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Fides Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, Monograph 3, p. 47-49.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Brachysporisporites longovatus
SERIAL NUMBER 128
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.