NAME Pluricellaesporites coahuilensis
AGE Maastrichtian.   AGE span: 70.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Martínez-Hernández E, Tomasini-Ortiz AC. 1989. Spores, hyphae and other fungal remains from the Fuentes-Rio Escondino Carboniferous basin (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Coahuila State, Mexico; Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Revista, v. 8, p. 235-242.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. coahuilensis (Martínez-Hernández & Tomasini-Ortiz) Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Piedras Negras, Coahuila State, Mexico.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Multicellular, multiseptate, monoporate fungal spore. It has five cells of different size and four septa 1 µm thick each. At one end there is a neck 4 µm long by 3 µm wide, in which is located the pore 3 µm in diameter. The exine is 1 µm thick. Oval perimeter with bilateral symmetry. Smooth ornamentation. Dimensions: 21 µm long by 12 µm wide.
COMMENTS* Named coahuilensis for its occurrence in the state of Coahuila.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Martínez-Hernández E, Tomasini-Ortiz AC. 1989. Spores, hyphae and other fungal remains from the Fuentes-Rio Escondino Carboniferous basin (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Coahuila State, Mexico; Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Geologia, Revista, v. 8, p. 235-242.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Granatisporites coahuilensis Martínez-Hernández & Tomasini-Ortiz 1989, p. 238, fig. 3,j.; Pluricellaesporites coahuilensis
SERIAL NUMBER 1367
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.