NAME Fractisporonites moniliformis
AGE Late Cretaceous.   AGE span: 99.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Clarke RT. 1965. Fungal spores from Vermejo Formation coal beds (Upper Cretaceous) of central Colorado; Mountain Geologist, v. 2, p. 85-93.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY F. moniliformis Clarke 1965, p. 91, pl. 1, fig. 5.
LOCATION Canon City coal field, Fremont County, Colorado.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fungal spores uniseriate, fragments consist of four to many sub-rectangular cells 15-20 µm high, diameter 14-18 µm, septa simple, cell wall psilate, 0.5 µm thick, cell wall invaginated at septa, faint channel? observed in a few specimens, overall dimensions 15-23 x 115-150 µm.
COMMENTS* The specific name is given in reference to the regularly constricted intervals at the septa (Latin monile is beaded necklace).Fractisporonites moniliformis differs from F. canalis by its septal constrictions.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Clarke RT. 1965. Fungal spores from Vermejo Formation coal beds (Upper Cretaceous) of central Colorado; Mountain Geologist, v. 2, p. 85-93.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Fractisporonites moniliformis
SERIAL NUMBER 592
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.