NAME Fractisporonites nodosus
AGE Maastrichtian.   AGE span: 70.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Srivastava SK. 1968. Fungal elements from the Edmonton Formation (Maestrichtian), Alberta, Canada; Canadian Journal of Botany, v. 46, p. 1115-1118.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY F. nodosus (Srivastava) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Morrin Bridge locality, sec. 16, twp. 31, rge. 21, W. 4th mer., Alberta, Canada.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fungal spores multicellular, uniseriate, individuals consist of two to many cells; cells elongate, length variable, outline more or less rectangular, the area at the junction of the two cells swollen like a node; septa between the cells flat, smooth, thickness less than 1 µm; cell wall psilate, thickness about 1 µm. Size range: length of individual specimens 40-100 x 8-10 µm (holotype 70 µm); height of individual cells 10-70 µm.
COMMENTS* Pluricellaesporites nodosus can be distinguished from P. psilatus Clarke 1965 in having rectangular cells and lacking dentate septa. Name derivation: Latin nodosus = having knots.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Srivastava SK. 1968. Fungal elements from the Edmonton Formation (Maestrichtian), Alberta, Canada; Canadian Journal of Botany, v. 46, p. 1115-1118.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Pluricellaesporites nodosus Srivastava 1968, p. 1115, pl. 1, fig. 4.; Fractisporonites nodosus
SERIAL NUMBER 593
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.