The Kalgutkar and Jansonius Database of Fossil Fungi
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NAME
Diporicellaesporites incurviusculus
AGE
Late Paleocene-Early Eocene.
AGE span:
58.7...40.4
mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
FIGURE(S)
Pl.14fig.27.jpg
FIGURE REFERENCE
Kalgutkar RM. 1997. Fossil fungi from the lower Tertiary Iceberg Bay Formation, Eureka Sound Group, Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories, Canada; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 97, p. 197-226.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY
D. incurviusculus Kalgutkar 1997, p. 212, pl. 1, fig. 13.
LOCATION
Kanguk Peninsula, Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.
ORIG DESCRIPTION
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Spores diporate, elliptical, 4-celled, cells more or less of equal size, thin-walled, light brown, smooth. Septa dark, thicker than the cell wall, with folds and perforations. Cell wall very slightly notched at the septa. Pores simple, incurved. Spores 27-30 x 9 µm in size.
Etymology: Named for incurved pores.
COMMENTS
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PUBLICATION REFERENCE
Kalgutkar RM. 1997. Fossil fungi from the lower Tertiary Iceberg Bay Formation, Eureka Sound Group, Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories, Canada; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 97, p. 197-226.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms)
Diporicellaesporites incurviusculus
SERIAL NUMBER
376
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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