NAME Moniliites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Moniliites Teterevnikova-Babaian & Taslakhchian 1973, p. 181 (nom. nud.).
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: [combined description] Conidia lemon-shaped or ovoid, unicellular, catenulate, hyaline, 4.5-5 x 2-3 µm.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Teterevnikova-Babaian DN, Taslakhchian MG. 1973. New data on fossil fungal spores in Armenia; Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Mycology and Phytology, v. 4, p. 159-164.
K&J REMARKS With no illustration of the type, the name of the genus is not validly published, in spite of the fact that the locations where the type material was collected and is stored, were cited: Types from near Rasdan, Armenia, USSR, in Tertiary clays, at a depth of 1164-1167 m, between Upper Paleogene and Lower Neogene strata, [VII 1965-1966, E. Eramian - meaning of this unclear: date, name of collector?]; permanent preparation conserved at Faculty of Cryptogam Botany, University of Erevan.
TYPE TYPE: Moniliites rasdani Teterevnikova-Babaian & Taslakhchian 1973, p. 181 (nom. nud.; no illustration).
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Moniliites;
SERIAL NUMBER 952
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.