NAME Hilidicellites major
AGE Eocene-Oligocene.   AGE span: 55.8...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Didymosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ke, Shi. 1978. (pseudonym of Sung, Z.C., Tsao, L., Chou, H.I., Kwang, H.L. & Wang, K.T.) Early Tertiary spores and pollen grains from the coastal region of the Bohai (in Chinese); Academy of Petroleum Exploration, Development and Planning Research of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries and the Nanjing Institute of Geology, and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kexue Chubanshe, Peking, 177 p.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY H. major (Ke & Shi) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Panshan, Liaoning Province, Coastal region of Bohai, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores 58 x 28 µm. One-celled, outline prolate elliptical. Monoporate, pore simple, about 3 µm in diameter. Spore wall 1.5 µm thick, one-layered or possibly two-layered, surface psilate, thrown into transverse folds that have the appearance of a septum. Outer contour line smooth.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ke, Shi. 1978. (pseudonym of Sung, Z.C., Tsao, L., Chou, H.I., Kwang, H.L. & Wang, K.T.) Early Tertiary spores and pollen grains from the coastal region of the Bohai (in Chinese); Academy of Petroleum Exploration, Development and Planning Research of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries and the Nanjing Institute of Geology, and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kexue Chubanshe, Peking, 177 p.
K&J REMARKS Ke & Shi described two transverse folds "with the appearance of a septum." Kalgutkar and Jansonius's close scrutiny of the original plate showed the presence of a thin bright line just below these folds (i.e., about a few micrometers toward the hilum), that obviously has influenced the direction of these folds. From this observation, plus the overall shape of the grain, Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) felt justified to transfer the species to Hilidicellites (Ke & Shi grouped this form on their plate 4 alongside the dicellate Didymoporisporonites).
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Lacrimasporonites major Ke & Shi 1978, p. 42, pl. 4, fig. 12.; Hilidicellites major
SERIAL NUMBER 695
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.