NAME Hypoxylonites africanus
AGE Late Eocene-Oligocene-Early Miocene.   AGE span: 37.2...15.97 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Salard-Cheboldaeff M, Locquin MV. 1980. Champignons présents au Tertiaire le long du littoral de l' Afrique équatoriale: 105e Congrès National des Sociétée savantes, Caen, 1980, Sciences, fascicule 1, p. 183-195.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY H. africanus Salard-Cheboldaeff, in Kalgutkar and Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Coast of Equatorial Africa, Gulf of Guinea, Cameroon.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spore fusiform, obtuse [sic], aseptate, smooth, furrowed, 30 x 10 µm.
COMMENTS* Affinity: Ascomycetes
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Salard-Cheboldaeff M, Locquin MV. 1980. Champignons présents au Tertiaire le long du littoral de l' Afrique équatoriale: 105e Congrès National des Sociétée savantes, Caen, 1980, Sciences, fascicule 1, p. 183-195.
K&J REMARKS Salard-Cheboldaeff & Locquin (1980) assigned three species to the generic name "Hypoxylonites", but did not provide a diagnosis for this genus. Thus, the generic name was not validly published in 1980, and neither were the species then assigned to it. Dr. Salard-Cheboldaeff (e-mail to JJ, 99 01 13) kindly informed Kalgutkar and Jansonius that the type specimen is stored in the Laboratoire de Paléontologie, Muséum national d"Histoire naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, Paris 75005, France; she here proposes to validly publish its specific name. The term "lirellée" in the original description should be translated as "sulculate", fide Mme Salard-Cheboldaeff (e-mail 99 06 24: "sulculée"); Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) use the equivalent "furrowed."
TYPE H. elongatus Salard-Cheboldaeff & Locquin 1980, p. 185, pl. 1, fig. 14 (nom. nud.); holotype nr. 6.A.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) H. elongatus Salard-Cheboldaeff & Locquin 1980, p. 185, pl. 1, fig. 14 (nom. nud.).; Hypoxylonites africanus
SERIAL NUMBER 709
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.