NAME Palaeophoma intertrappea
AGE Late Cretaceous-Maastrichtian.   AGE span: 70.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Sphaeropsidales
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FIGURE REFERENCE Singhai LC. 1974. Fossil fungi from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Madhya Pradesh, India; Journal of Biological Sciences, v. 17, p. 92-102.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. intertrappea Singhai 1974, p. 94, Slide No. 72.
LOCATION Mohgaonkalan, Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Pycnidium brown and spherical, measuring 224 x 200 µm, thick-walled (12-32 µm) and pseudoparenchymatous; ostiole not seen. Conidia 1celled, hyaline, bent or curved or lunate or spherical, thin-walled and smooth, measuring 5-8 x 2-4 µm.
COMMENTS* As for the genus.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Singhai LC. 1974. Fossil fungi from the Deccan Intertrappean beds of Madhya Pradesh, India; Journal of Biological Sciences, v. 17, p. 92-102.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Palaeophoma intertrappea
SERIAL NUMBER 1225
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.