NAME Dicellaesporites ovatus
AGE Late Eocene-Middle Oligocene.   AGE span: 37.2...28.4 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Didymosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Song Z, Li G, Cao L, Luo H, Sun Z. 1989. Early Tertiary sporo-pollen assemblages from the Dongpu region; Edited by Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Zhongyuan Petroleum Exploration Bureau, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica. 192 p.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY D. ovatus Song & Luo, in Song Zhichen, Li Guangxing, Cao Liu, Luo Haicen & Sun Zihua 1989, p. 33, pl. 1, fig. 15.
LOCATION Shahejie Formation: Shenxian county of Shandong Province, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Holotype 33 x 14 µm. Spores dicellate, each cell ovate in outline; spores constricted [in the middle]. Septum [dark], one-layered, flat and straight, without septal folds or pore. Spore wall about 1 µm in thickness, surface smooth.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Song Z, Li G, Cao L, Luo H, Sun Z. 1989. Early Tertiary sporo-pollen assemblages from the Dongpu region; Edited by Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Zhongyuan Petroleum Exploration Bureau, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica. 192 p.
K&J REMARKS Dicellaesporites septoconstrictus (Kalgutkar 1993, pl. 4-1, fig. 18) appears similar to D. ovatus, but is smaller in size.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Dicellaesporites ovatus
SERIAL NUMBER 276
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.