NAME Microthyriacites fimbriatus
AGE Oligocene-Miocene.   AGE span: 33.9...5.332 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes, Microthyriales.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Cookson IC. 1947. Fossil fungi from Tertiary deposits in the southern hemisphere. Part I; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, v. 72, p. 207-214.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY M. fimbriatus Cookson 1947a, p. 211, pl. 13, fig. 17.
LOCATION Australia, New Zealand and the Kerguelen Archipelago.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Ascomata round, flattened, astomate, brown, sometimes confluent, 74-133 µm in diameter, composed of hyphae that radiate from a large, thick-walled, hexagonal, central cell 8-13 µm in diameter. The more centrally placed cells thick-walled and almost cubical, peripheral cells rectangular, 2.6-5 µm thick, with thinner walls. Margin slightly fimbriate.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Cookson IC. 1947. Fossil fungi from Tertiary deposits in the southern hemisphere. Part I; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, v. 72, p. 207-214.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Microthyriacites fimbriatus
SERIAL NUMBER 934
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.