NAME Didymoporisporonites gigas
AGE Miocene-Pliocene.   AGE span: 23.03...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Didymosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Saxena RK, Singh HP. 1982. Palynological investigation of the Upper Siwalik sediments exposed along Hoshiarpur-Una Road Section in Punjab and Himac; Geophytology, v. 12, p. 287-306.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY D. gigas Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Hoshiarpur-Una Road section, near Bankhandi, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fungal spore ± elliptical, size 120 x 47 µm, distal end of spore pointed and proximal end broad. Unicellate, aseptate. Monoporate, pore apical, on the broader end, 27 µm in diameter, surrounded by thickening. Spore wall 0.5 µm thick, psilate.
COMMENTS* This species is much bigger than the others in this genus.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Saxena RK, Singh HP. 1982. Palynological investigation of the Upper Siwalik sediments exposed along Hoshiarpur-Una Road Section in Punjab and Himac; Geophytology, v. 12, p. 287-306.
K&J REMARKS Kalgutkar and Jansonius's (2000) reasons for transferring this species to Didymoporisporonites are the presence of a septum at one end, as well as the apparent presence of a pore at the same end.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Lacrimasporonites magnus Saxena & Singh 1982, p. 295, pl. 2, fig. 27; illegitimate name.
Non Lacrimasporonites magnus Haseldonckx 1973.; Didymoporisporonites gigas
SERIAL NUMBER 318
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.