NAME Dicellaesporites suborbicularis
AGE Late Oligocene.   AGE span: 28.4...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Didymosporae.
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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. suborbicularis Song & Li, in Song Zhichen, Li Guangxing, Cao Liu, Luo Haicen & Sun Zihua 1989, p. 33, pl. 1, fig. 9.
LOCATION Dongying Formation: Heze county of Shandong Province, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Holotype 20 x 15 µm, spores subcircular to broadly ellipsoidal. Cells semispherical, slightly notched [in the middle]. Septum one-layered, flat and straight, without septal folds. Spore wall more than 1 µm thick, surface smooth.
COMMENTS* This species can be distinguished from other Dicellaesporites by its nearly circular to broadly ellipsoidal shape.
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.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Dicellaesporites suborbicularis
SERIAL NUMBER 286
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.