NAME Brachysporisporites pyriformis
AGE Early-Middle Eocene.   AGE span: 55.8...37.2 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Lange RT, Smith PH. 1971. The Maslin Bay flora, South Australia. 3. Dispersed fungal spores; Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, no. 11, p. 663-681.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY B. pyriformis Lange & Smith 1971, p. 677, pl. 6, fig. C.
LOCATION Maslin Bay, South Australia.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores pyriform, the distal septum more or less equatorial to the ovoid part of the spore and approaching twice the length of the next septum, the basal part of the spore tapered and the median-width ratio of apical and attachment cells about 3:1; observed spore dimensions about 35-40 x 15-18 µm.
COMMENTS* As for the genus.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Lange RT, Smith PH. 1971. The Maslin Bay flora, South Australia. 3. Dispersed fungal spores; Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte, no. 11, p. 663-681.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Brachysporisporites pyriformis
SERIAL NUMBER 133
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.