NAME Monoporisporites communis
AGE Early-Late Miocene.   AGE span: 23.03...5.332 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Song Z. 1985. A research on Tertiary palynology from the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province; Edited by Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Qinghai Petroleum Administration, and Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinicia, 297 p. (in Chinese). Petroleum Industry Press.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY M. communis Song Zhichen 1985, p. 47, pl. 1, fig. 32.
LOCATION Eboliang and Dafengshan, Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Holotype 33 x 25 µm. Spore ovate; monoporate, diameter of pore more than 3 µm in lateral view, edge of pore not modified. Spore wall about 1 µm in thickness, surface smooth or scabrate, usually with folds. Spore dark brown.
COMMENTS* Similar to Monoporisporites stoveri Elsik, M. koenigii Elsik, M. smithii Elsik, and M. singularis Sheffy & Dilcher; however, M. stoveri and M. koenigii (Elsik 1968, p. 272, pl. 2, figs. 23 and 31; pl. 3, fig. 1) have a convex pore, M. smithii (Elsik 1968, p. 272-273, pl. 3, fig. 2) has a larger size, and M. singularis (Sheffy & Dilcher [1971] has a thicker spore wall.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Song Z. 1985. A research on Tertiary palynology from the Qaidam Basin, Qinghai Province; Edited by Research Institute of Exploration and Development, Qinghai Petroleum Administration, and Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinicia, 297 p. (in Chinese). Petroleum Industry Press.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Monoporisporites communis
SERIAL NUMBER 969
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.