NAME Monochaetites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Monochaetites Teterevnikova-Babaian & Taslakhchian 1973, p. 180 (nom. nud.).
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: [combined description] Conidia oblong, narrow, with acute or rounded ends, appendiculate, uniseptate or unicellular, hyaline, 5-12 x 2.5-3 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 illustrations 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 1700-1703 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: M. armeniacus Teterevnikova-Babaian & Taslakhchian 1973, p. 180 (nom. nud.; no illustration).
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Monochaetites;
SERIAL NUMBER 956
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.