NAME Brachysporisporites tenuis
AGE Early-Middle Miocene.   AGE span: 23.03...11.608 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Kumar P. 1990. Fungal remains from the Miocene Quilon beds of Kerala State, South India; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 63, p. 13-28.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY B. tenuis Kumar 1990, p. 23, pl. 1, fig. 11.
LOCATION Padappakkara, Quilon District, Kerala State, South India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fungal spores di- or multicellate and balloon-shaped. Size 38-43 x 22-30 µm. Cells unequal, small cell hyaline and thin, measuring 4-10 x 3-6 µm broad. Larger apical cell or cells forming a dome-shaped, thick and dark colored to opaque structure 23-40 x 14-32 µm. Septa 2-3 µm thick, smooth to wedge-shaped.
COMMENTS* Brachysporisporites pyriformis Lange & Smith 1971 is smaller in size (36-41 x 15-18 µm) and pyriform.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Kumar P. 1990. Fungal remains from the Miocene Quilon beds of Kerala State, South India; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 63, p. 13-28.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Brachysporisporites tenuis
SERIAL NUMBER 134
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