NAME Papulosporonites multicellatus
AGE Miocene-Pliocene.   AGE span: 23.03...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Dictyosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Saxena RK, Singh HP. 1982. Palynological investigation of the Upper Siwalik sediments exposed along Hoshiarpur-Una Road Section in Punjab and Himac; Geophytology, v. 12, p. 287-306.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. multicellatus (Saxena & Singh) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Hoshiarpur-Una Road section, near Bankhandi, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Fungal spores circular to subcircular, size range 58-80 x 40-80 µm. Multicellate, number of cells more than 25 in each spore, individual cell polygonal in shape and about 5-8 µm in size. Inaperturate. Septa very thin. Spore wall up to 2 µm thick, psilate, sometimes weakly granulose.
COMMENTS* The present species can easily be differentiated from Staphlosporonites conoideus, S. tristratosus, S. ovalis and S. allomorphus, all instituted by Sheffy & Dilcher (1971), in being bigger and in having a larger number of polygonal cells.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Saxena RK, Singh HP. 1982. Palynological investigation of the Upper Siwalik sediments exposed along Hoshiarpur-Una Road Section in Punjab and Himac; Geophytology, v. 12, p. 287-306.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Staphlosporonites multicellatus Saxena & Singh 1982, p. 295, pl. 2, fig. 28.; Papulosporonites multicellatus
SERIAL NUMBER 1250
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.