NAME Inapertisporites giganteus
AGE Middle - Late Miocene.   AGE span: 15.97...5.332 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Song Z. 1985. A research on Tertiary palynology from the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province; Edited by Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Qinghai Petroleum Administration, and Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinicia, 297 p. (in Chinese). Petroleum Industry Press.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY I. giganteus Song Zhichen 1985, p. 42, pl. 2, fig. 15.
LOCATION Dafengshan, Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spore ovate, holotype 60 x 44 µm. Spore wall about 1 µm in thickness, layers of spore wall indistinct; surface scabrate or smooth, without distinct ornamentation. Spore wall easily fractured, usually with several fractures. Spore brownish black.
COMMENTS* Similar to Inapertisporites major Ke & Shi in large size of spores, but the latter species is nearly round in outline, and has a dense, thick and rigid spore wall.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Song Z. 1985. A research on Tertiary palynology from the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province; Edited by Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Qinghai Petroleum Administration, and Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinicia, 297 p. (in Chinese). Petroleum Industry Press.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Inapertisporites giganteus
SERIAL NUMBER 782
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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