NAME Hypoxylonites ovaloides
AGE Middle Eocene.   AGE span: 48.6...37.2 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Elsik WC. 1990. Hypoxylonites and Spirotremesporites, form genera for Eocene to Pleistocene fungal spores bearing a single furrow; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 216, p.137-169.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY H. ovaloides Elsik 1990a, p. 154, pl. 1, fig. 28.
LOCATION Strata in the Socony-Vacuum Borehole # 2, Isla de Cubagua, Venezuela.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Aseptate, psilate fungal spores ca. 8 x 17.5 µm overall. Outline somewhat fusiform-elliptical in top view, reniform in side and oblique view. The longitudinal furrow is narrow to gaping, reaching to 2 µm of the ends of the spore. The outline of the spore is slightly convex on the furrowed side, more roundly convex on the side opposite the furrow. The spore wall is 0.25-0.5 µm.
COMMENTS* The outline of Hypoxylonites ovaloides is more reniform than in Hypoxylonites ovalis.

Derivation: Named for its similarity to Hypoxylonites ovalis.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Elsik WC. 1990. Hypoxylonites and Spirotremesporites, form genera for Eocene to Pleistocene fungal spores bearing a single furrow; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 216, p.137-169.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Hypoxylonites ovaloides
SERIAL NUMBER 739
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.