NAME Dictyosporites ovoideus Salard-Cheboldaeff & Locquin 1980
AGE Oligocene.   AGE span: 33.9...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Salard-Cheboldaeff M, Locquin MV. 1980. Champignons présents au Tertiaire le long du littoral de l' Afrique équatoriale: 105e Congrès National des Sociétée savantes, Caen, 1980, Sciences, fascicule 1, p. 183-195.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. ovoideus Salard-Cheboldaeff & Locquin 1980, p. 190, pl. 3, figs. 14a,b.
LOCATION Coast of Equatorial Africa, Gulf of Guinea, Cameroon, Africa.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores muriform, septa thick, dividing the spore into 8 cells that each have a small depression simulating a pore; 30-38 x 12-24 µm.
COMMENTS* Affinity: Adelomycetes [Deuteromycotina].
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Salard-Cheboldaeff M, Locquin MV. 1980. Champignons présents au Tertiaire le long du littoral de l' Afrique équatoriale: 105e Congrès National des Sociétée savantes, Caen, 1980, Sciences, fascicule 1, p. 183-195.
K&J REMARKS Through lack of typographic organization and punctuation, it was not clear in the protologue which of two illustrated specimens (fig. 14, or fig. 16) is the type specimen. Dr. Salard-Cheboldaeff (letter to JJ, 99 02 25) confirmed that fig. 14 shows the holotype in two focal levels. Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) consider that the species is conspecific with Dictyosporites ovoideus, and that Pleosporonites ovoideus is a junior synonym of the latter. The types of both show the pores that are mentioned in the description of D. ovoideus only. Both types appear to have more than the eight cells specified in their descriptions. Both types are illustrated in Kalgutkar and Jansonius's (2000) Pl. 15, fig. 30. The description of Pleosporonites ovoideus, however, is given only here, under the heading of its original name.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Now considered to be a junior synonym of Dictyosporites ovoideus Salard-Cheboldaeff & Locquin 1980.; Pleosporonites ovoideus; Dictyosporites ovoideus Salard-Cheboldaeff & Locquin 1980;
SERIAL NUMBER 1348
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.