NAME Hypoxylonites kumarii
AGE Early-Middle Miocene.   AGE span: 23.03...11.608 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Kumar P. 1990. Fungal remains from the Miocene Quilon beds of Kerala State, South India; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 63, p. 13-28.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY H. kumarii Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Padappakkara, Quilon District, Kerala State, South India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fungal spores unicellular, elliptic to spindle-shaped with narrowly rounded ends. Size 21-55 x 9-26 µm. A longitudinal slit extends from one end to the other. Spore wall single-layered, ± 1.6 µm thick and smooth.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Kumar P. 1990. Fungal remains from the Miocene Quilon beds of Kerala State, South India; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 63, p. 13-28.
K&J REMARKS See remarks from Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) under Hypoxylonites Elsik 1990a and Hypoxylonsporites Kumar 1990.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Hypoxylonsporites miocenicus Kumar 1990 (May), p. 19, pl. 1, fig. 23. Non Hypoxylonites miocenicus Elsik 1990a (March).; Hypoxylonites kumarii
SERIAL NUMBER 730
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.