NAME Microthyriacites cooksoniae
AGE Eocene in Palana locality; Miocene in South Arcot locality.   AGE span: 55.8...5.332 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes, Microthyriales.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Rao AR. 1959. Fungal remains from some Tertiary deposits of India; The Palaeobotanist, v. 7 (1958), p. 43-46.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY M. cooksoniae Rao 1959, p. 45, pl. 1, fig. 7.
LOCATION Palana and South Arcot, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Thyriothecia flat, slightly dimidiate and orbicular or shield-shaped, 145-245 µm in diameter, central region of thick-walled compact cells, outer region of elongated, thin-walled cells.
COMMENTS* The specimens described can be referred to Microthyriacites in spite of the absence of a confirmed dimidiate condition of the ascomata, because they seem to have the general organization of the ascomata attributed to this genus. But, they cannot be compared to any of the species described by Miss Cookson, although a certain degree of similarity may be seen between my specimens and M. grandis which is slightly different from the type specimen.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Rao AR. 1959. Fungal remains from some Tertiary deposits of India; The Palaeobotanist, v. 7 (1958), p. 43-46.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Microthyriacites cooksoniae
SERIAL NUMBER 932
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