NAME Inapertisporites solidus
AGE Late Cretaceous.   AGE span: 99.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Song Z, Cao L. 1994. Late Cretaceous fungal spores from King George Island, Antarctica; Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Fides Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, Monograph 3, p. 47-49.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY I. solidus Song Zhichen & Cao Liu 1994, p. 37, pl. 1, fig. 3.
LOCATION King George Island, Antarctica.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores ovate, one end broadly rounded and the other slightly pointed, size of spores in 10 specimens 28-32 x 18-22 µm; size of holotype 29 x 22 µm; inaperturate, unicellular; spore wall solid, easily fractured, more than 1 µm in thickness, surface smooth; spores black.
COMMENTS* Similar to Inapertisporites obscurus Sheffy & Dilcher (1971, p. 39, pl. 13, fig. 9), but the latter is smaller (26.1 x 15.5 µm), and has a thinner spore wall; differs from Inapertisporites communis Song & Li (Song et al., p. 38, pl. 1, figs. 4, 5) in that this species has thinner and folded spore wall.

Etymology: for the solid spore wall.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Song Z, Cao L. 1994. Late Cretaceous fungal spores from King George Island, Antarctica; Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Fides Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, Monograph 3, p. 47-49.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Inapertisporites solidus
SERIAL NUMBER 815
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