NAME Diporicellaesporites chitaleyae
AGE Late Paleocene-Early Eocene.   AGE span: 58.7...40.4 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Kalgutkar RM. 1993. Paleogene fungal palynomorphs from Bonnet Plume Formation, Yukon Territory; Contributions to Canadian Paleontology, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 444, p. 51-105.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY D. chitaleyae Kalgutkar 1993, p. 74, pl. 4.1, fig. 26.
LOCATION Peel River, Yukon Territory, Canada.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores large, variable but distinctive, dark brown, broadly elliptical to irregularly limoniform, usually six-celled, smooth; cells unequally colored, end cells colorless or pale, intermediate cells dark brown; of the four central cells, two central-most cells are larger and darker than the two on either side. Cells traversed by dark thick bands at the septa; septa straight or slightly curved, with septal folds and central pores; two end cells lighter, dissimilar, rounded to conical or cylindrical, with pore-like attachment scar at one end and pedicel-like portion of the hypha at the other end. Spore size 62-108 x 30-50 µm.
COMMENTS* Diporicellaesporites chitaleyae is separated from other known species of Diporicellaesporites Elsik 1968 by its notably large size and dark central cells.

Etymology: In honor of Dr. Shya Chitaley.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Kalgutkar RM. 1993. Paleogene fungal palynomorphs from Bonnet Plume Formation, Yukon Territory; Contributions to Canadian Paleontology, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 444, p. 51-105.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Diporicellaesporites chitaleyae
SERIAL NUMBER 359
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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