NAME Paragranatisporites conicus
AGE Eocene-Oligocene.   AGE span: 55.8...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ke, Shi. 1978. (pseudonym of Sung, Z.C., Tsao, L., Chou, H.I., Kwang, H.L. & Wang, K.T.) Early Tertiary spores and pollen grains from the coastal region of the Bohai (in Chinese); Academy of Petroleum Exploration, Development and Planning Research of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries and the Nanjing Institute of Geology, and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kexue Chubanshe, Peking, 177 p.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. conicus (Ke & Shi) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Panshan, Liaoning Province, Coastal region of Bohai, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores 32-70 x 18-42 µm. Outline slightly conical. Inaperturate. Composed of 5-6 cells, cells diminish in size from base to apex of spore, apical cells might be curved. Septa black, of unequal width, widths ranging from 2 to 8 µm. Spore wall 1.5-3 µm thick, surface psilate.
COMMENTS* The spores in this species bear a certain relationship to those in Multicellaesporites incurvus, but differ both in body size and in the shape of their component cells. Apical cells are usually circular in M. incurvus, but most cells are flattened in the species described here.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ke, Shi. 1978. (pseudonym of Sung, Z.C., Tsao, L., Chou, H.I., Kwang, H.L. & Wang, K.T.) Early Tertiary spores and pollen grains from the coastal region of the Bohai (in Chinese); Academy of Petroleum Exploration, Development and Planning Research of the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemical Industries and the Nanjing Institute of Geology, and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kexue Chubanshe, Peking, 177 p.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Multicellaesporites conicus Ke & Shi 1978, p. 35, pl. 3, fig. 7.
Brachysporisporites conicus (Ke & Shi) Norris 1997, p. 33.; Paragranatisporites conicus
SERIAL NUMBER 1256
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.