NAME Multicellites compactilis
AGE Eocene-Oligocene.   AGE span: 55.8...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ke, Shi. 1978. (pseudonym of Sung, Z.C., Tsao, L., Chou, H.I., Kwang, H.L. & Wang, K.T.) Early Tertiary spores and pollen grains from the coastal region of the Bohai (in Chinese); Academy of Petroleum Exploration, Development and Planning Research of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries and the Nanjing Institute of Geology, and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kexue Chubanshe, Peking, 177 p.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY M. compactilis (Ke & Shi) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Guangrao, Shandong Province, Coastal region of Bohai, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores 60 x 22.5 µm. Outline elliptical, ends slightly acute. Composed of more than 20 cells, septa hyaline. Inaperturate. Spore wall 1 µm thick, sculpturing granulate.
COMMENTS* Spores in this species are distinguished from those of other species in the genus by the compact arrangement of their cells, and also by the flattened, cingulate shape that the individual cells exhibit.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ke, Shi. 1978. (pseudonym of Sung, Z.C., Tsao, L., Chou, H.I., Kwang, H.L. & Wang, K.T.) Early Tertiary spores and pollen grains from the coastal region of the Bohai (in Chinese); Academy of Petroleum Exploration, Development and Planning Research of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries and the Nanjing Institute of Geology, and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kexue Chubanshe, Peking, 177 p.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Multicellaesporites compactilis Ke & Shi 1978, p. 35, pl. 2, fig. 15.; Multicellites compactilis
SERIAL NUMBER 1103
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.