The Kalgutkar and Jansonius Database of Fossil Fungi
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NAME
Ornatifilum
AGE
AGE span:
mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
Fungi Imperfecti, Mycelia Sterilia.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY
Ornatifilum Burgess & Edwards 1991, p. 60.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION
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ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Branched filaments, externally ornamented with grana and/or verrucae.
Monotypic.
COMMENTS
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Derivation: ornatus-ornamented, filum-filament.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE
Burgess ND, Edwards D. 1991. Classification of uppermost Ordovician to Lower Devonian tubular and filamentous macerals from the Anglo-Welsh Basin; Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 106, p. 41-66.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
TYPE: Ornatifilum granulatum Burgess & Edwards 1991, p. 60, fig. 55.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms)
Ornatifilum;
SERIAL NUMBER
1169
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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For source, see Publication Reference.