NAME Monoporisporites van der Hammen 1954.
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Ornatisporites Parsons & Norris 1999, p. 117 (nom. illeg.).
Non Ornatisporites Nagy 1963, p. 144.
Non Ornatisporites Górecka 1969, p. 243.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Monoporate fungal [amero]spores subspherical in shape or with a somewhat elongate spore body -- commonly elliptical, obovate or spatulate in outline. Spore wall ornamented with scabs (scabrate), verrucae or granula, or a combination of these types of ornament.
COMMENTS* Lacrimasporonites and Monoporisporites are essentially psilate.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Parsons MG, Norris G. 1999. Paleogene fungi from the Caribou Hills, Mackenzie Delta, northern Canada; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 250, p. 77-167.
K&J REMARKS The generic name is illegitimate, because it is a junior homonym. Since Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) transfer the type of the genus to an existing genus, they do not propose a new generic name.
TYPE TYPE: Ornatisporites pannosus Parsons & Norris 1999, p. 117, pl. 2, fig. 26.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Monoporisporites van der Hammen 1954.;
SERIAL NUMBER 1172
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.