NAME Diporicellaesporites antarcticus
AGE Late Cretaceous.   AGE span: 99.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Song Z, Cao L. 1994. Late Cretaceous fungal spores from King George Island, Antarctica; Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Fides Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, Monograph 3, p. 47-49.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY D. antarcticus Song Zhichen & Cao Liu 1994, p. 42, pl. 1, fig. 12.
LOCATION King George Island, Antarctica.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores ellipsoidal, holotype 40 µm in length, 22 µm in width; [of] four cells, two middle cells nearly spheroid in outline, large; two cells at ends small, flat spheroid-shaped, like attachments to large middle cells; septa three, discoidal, without folds; spores diporate, pores located at both ends, simple, about 3 µm in width; spore wall about 1 µm thick, surface smooth to scabrate; spores dark brown.
COMMENTS* Distinguished from other known species of the genus Diporicellaesporites by having two nearly spheroidal middle cells.

Etymology: from locality of type specimens.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Song Z, Cao L. 1994. Late Cretaceous fungal spores from King George Island, Antarctica; Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Fides Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, Monograph 3, p. 47-49.
K&J REMARKS Based on single incomplete specimen.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Diporicellaesporites antarcticus
SERIAL NUMBER 355
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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