NAME Frasnacritetrus conatus
AGE Middle-Late Miocene.   AGE span: 13.82...5.332 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Staurosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Saxena RK, Sarkar S. 1986. Morphological study of Frasnacritetrus Taugourdeau emend. from the Tertiary sediments of Himachal Pradesh, India; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 46, p. 209-225.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY F. conatus Saxena & Sarkar 1986, p. 215, pl. 1, fig. 4.
LOCATION Lower Siwalik, Nalagarh-Ramshahr Road section, Solan District, Himachal Pradesh, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fungal conidia with four processes. Main body rectangular in shape, dark brown in color, unicellular, surface closely beset with small-sized coni. Processes arise from one end of the body, are tubular, wider at the base and gradually taper towards the apices, aseptate; wall of processes smooth. Dimensions: length of the conidia: 98-110 µm; size of the body: 25-38 x 18-20 µm; size of the processes: 62-84 x 2-6 µm.
COMMENTS* Frasnacritetrus josettae Taugourdeau 1968 resembles this species but can be differentiated by its verrucate body wall. The present species differs from F. taugourdeaui in having a rectangular body ornamented with coni while in the latter the body is biconvex, spindle-shaped and granulose.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Saxena RK, Sarkar S. 1986. Morphological study of Frasnacritetrus Taugourdeau emend. from the Tertiary sediments of Himachal Pradesh, India; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 46, p. 209-225.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Frasnacritetrus conatus
SERIAL NUMBER 597
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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