NAME Frasnacritetrus taugourdeaui
AGE Early Miocene.   AGE span: 23.03...15.97 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. taugourdeaui Saxena & Sarkar 1986, p. 213, pl. 1, fig. 1.
LOCATION Kasauli Formation, near Banethi, Sirmaur District, Himachal pradesh, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fungal conidia with four processes. Main body biconvex, spindle-shaped, unicellular, surface granulose; grana small in size, closely placed and evenly distributed throughout the surface. Processes arise from one end of the body, tubular, slightly wider at base; all processes uniform in shape; wall of processes smooth; septa present in the basal part of few processes. Dimensions: length of the conidia: 66-112 µm; size of the body: 30-35 x 15-20 µm; size of the processes: 35-75 x 2-5 µm.
COMMENTS* The present species resembles Frasnacritetrus josettae Taugourdeau 1968 in having a similar body size but can be readily distinguished by its granulose ornamentation and spindle-shaped structure. The body of F. josettae is ornamented with verrucae.
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 taugourdeaui
SERIAL NUMBER 601
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 *For source, see Publication Reference.