NAME Multicellites pachydermus
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. pachydermus (Ke & Shi) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Kenli, Shandong Province, Coastal region of Bohai, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores 90 x 27.5 µm. Composed of 10 irregularly ovate cells, ends slightly acute. Septa hyaline, essentially parallel to each other. Inaperturate. Spore wall 4.5 µm thick, distinctly two-layered, outer layer conspicuously thicker than the inner one. Surface psilate.
COMMENTS* The fungal spores in this species are shaped similar to those in Multicellaesporites irregularis Sheffy & Dilcher 1971 (pl. 14, fig. 43). The present species, however, differs in that its spores have a thicker wall and a slightly larger body size.
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 pachydermus Ke & Shi 1978, p. 39, pl. 2, fig. 23.; Multicellites pachydermus
SERIAL NUMBER 1126
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.