NAME Diploneurospora
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes, Sphaeriales.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Diploneurospora Jain & Gupta 1970, p. 180.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Ascospores two-celled, uniseriate, elliptical, margin uneven, cells unequal; upper cell prominent, dark brown, thick-walled, wall sculptured with longitudinal ribs. Lower cell hyaline, appendage-like, small in size, rib sculpture faint. Monotypic.
COMMENTS* For its similarity to the single-celled ascospores of extant genus Neurospora, the present two-celled fossil ascospore has been given the name Diploneurospora.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Jain KP, Gupta RC. 1970. Some fungal remains from the Tertiaries of Kerala Coast; The Palaeobotanist, v. 18 (1969), p. 177-182.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE TYPE: Diploneurospora tewarii Jain & Gupta 1970, p. 180, pl. 1, fig. 21.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Diploneurospora;
SERIAL NUMBER 348
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.