NAME Didymoporisporonites elegans
AGE Eocene-Oligocene.   AGE span: 55.8...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Didymosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ke, Shi. 1978. (pseudonym of Sung, Z.C., Tsao, L., Chou, H.I., Kwang, H.L. & Wang, K.T.) Early Tertiary spores and pollen grains from the coastal region of the Bohai (in Chinese); Academy of Petroleum Exploration, Development and Planning Research of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries and the Nanjing Institute of Geology, and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kexue Chubanshe, Peking, 177 p.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY D. elegans Ke & Shi 1978, p. 42, pl. 4, fig. 6.
LOCATION Panshan, Liaoning Province, Coastal region of Bohai, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores 28 x 16 µm. Two-celled, larger cell elliptical, smaller cell semicircular in shape. Septum dark-colored, 3 µm wide. Monoporate, pore situated at end of smaller cell, circular, about 3 µm in diameter. Spore wall 1.5 µm thick, might be two-layered, surface psilate.
COMMENTS* Spores in this species are distinguished from those in Didymoporisporonites panshanensis by their shape, the structure of their smaller cell, etc.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ke, Shi. 1978. (pseudonym of Sung, Z.C., Tsao, L., Chou, H.I., Kwang, H.L. & Wang, K.T.) Early Tertiary spores and pollen grains from the coastal region of the Bohai (in Chinese); Academy of Petroleum Exploration, Development and Planning Research of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries and the Nanjing Institute of Geology, and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kexue Chubanshe, Peking, 177 p.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Didymoporisporonites elegans
SERIAL NUMBER 317
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.