NAME Monoporisporites aquilus
AGE Late Paleocene-Early Eocene.   AGE span: 58.7...40.4 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Kalgutkar RM. 1997. Fossil fungi from the lower Tertiary Iceberg Bay Formation, Eureka Sound Group, Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories, Canada; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 97, p. 197-226.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY M. aquilus Kalgutkar 1997, p. 217, pl. 4, fig. 2.
LOCATION Kanguk Peninsula, Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores dark brown, unicellular, subglobose, monoaperturate, oval to elliptical, smooth; spores slightly narrowing and notched at the pore end. Pore minute, less than 1 µm wide, at narrow end, surrounded by a rim of 1 µm width. Spore size 15-23 x 12-15 µm.
COMMENTS* Monoporisporites abruptus Sheffy & Dilcher 1971 is smaller and abruptly tapering at the end subtending the pore.

Etymology: Named for dark or blackish color of spores.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Kalgutkar RM. 1997. Fossil fungi from the lower Tertiary Iceberg Bay Formation, Eureka Sound Group, Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories, Canada; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 97, p. 197-226.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Monoporisporites aquilus
SERIAL NUMBER 963
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.