The Kalgutkar and Jansonius Database of Fossil Fungi
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NAME
Monoporisporites elongatus
AGE
Maastrichtian.
AGE span:
70.6...65.5
mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
FIGURE(S)
Pl.3fig.22.jpg
FIGURE REFERENCE
Van Der Hammen T. 1954. El desarrollo de la flora Colombiana en los periodos geológicos. I. Maestrichtiano hasta Terciario más inferior; Boletín Geológico, v. 2, p. 49-106.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY
M. elongatus (van der Hammen) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION
Magdalena Valley, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia, South America.
ORIG DESCRIPTION
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Spores 22.5µm; pores small.
COMMENTS
*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE
Van Der Hammen T. 1954. El desarrollo de la flora Colombiana en los periodos geológicos. I. Maestrichtiano hasta Terciario más inferior; Boletín Geológico, v. 2, p. 49-106.
K&J REMARKS
The drawing of the oval type shows a broad hilum at one end, a longitudinal line (slit?) and four small pores. See also remarks from Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) under the genus Polyporisporites.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms)
Polyporisporites elongatus van der Hammen 1954, p. 104, pl. 21.; Monoporisporites elongatus
SERIAL NUMBER
974
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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For source, see Publication Reference.