NAME Dictyosporites symmetricus
AGE Late Eocene-Oligocene, Miocene-Pliocene.   AGE span: 37.2...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Dictyosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ediger VS. 1981. Fossil fungal and algal bodies from Thrace Basin, Turkey; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 179, p. 87-102.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY D. symmetricus (Ediger) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Thrace Basin, Turkey.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fungal spores of five or more inaperturate cells, four or more septa. Shape is irregular oval. There are three or more parallel rows of cells which are perpendicular to the long axis. One or three cells are present in each row. Cells are separated by septa. Septa are dark colored, thick, at least one of them is transverse to the others. A hyaline, rounded and weak zone is present at the middle of the cells. Exine is psilate, light colored. There is usually one cell at least one end. Dimensions: 8-18 x 20-38 µm.
COMMENTS* Botanical affinity probably with Alternaria.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ediger VS. 1981. Fossil fungal and algal bodies from Thrace Basin, Turkey; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 179, p. 87-102.
K&J REMARKS As for the genus Transeptaesporites.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Transeptaesporites symmetricus Ediger 1981, p. 94, pl. 3, fig. 9.; Dictyosporites symmetricus
SERIAL NUMBER 306
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.