NAME Papulosporonites orbis
AGE Late Eocene-Oligocene, Miocene-Pliocene.   AGE span: 37.2...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Dictyosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ediger VS. 1981. Fossil fungal and algal bodies from Thrace Basin, Turkey; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 179, p. 87-102.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. orbis (Ediger) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Thrace Basin, Turkey.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Polyad of more than 13-14 cells. Irregularly rounded shape, cells are clustered randomly. Individual cells rounded, nearly 7 µm in diameter. Exine is relatively thick, psilate to scabrate. Cells are probably monoporate?. Spore size 20-23 µm.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ediger VS. 1981. Fossil fungal and algal bodies from Thrace Basin, Turkey; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 179, p. 87-102.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Polyadosporites orbis Ediger 1981, p. 95, pl. 3 fig. 17.; Papulosporonites orbis
SERIAL NUMBER 1251
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.