NAME Palaeomycites robustus
AGE Oligocene.   AGE span: 33.9...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Chytridiomycetes, Chytridiales; or: Zygomycetes, Endogonales; or: Oomycetes, Peronosporales.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Kar RK. 1979. Palynological fossils from the Oligocene sediments and their biostratigraphy in the District of Kutch, western India; The Palaeobotanist, v. 26 (1977), p. 16-49.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. robustus (Kar) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Barkana, nala cutting, near the village Ber Mota, Kutch, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores originally subcircular but due to irregular folds take various shapes, 68-127 µm. Spore coat up to 2 µm thick, levigate. A tail-like appendage which seems to be remnant of hyphae present in most specimens.
COMMENTS* As for the genus.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Kar RK. 1979. Palynological fossils from the Oligocene sediments and their biostratigraphy in the District of Kutch, western India; The Palaeobotanist, v. 26 (1977), p. 16-49.
K&J REMARKS As for the genus.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Aplanosporites robustus Kar 1979, p. 36, pl. 3, fig. 58.; Palaeomycites robustus
SERIAL NUMBER 1219
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.