NAME Pluricellaesporites delicatus
AGE Eocene-Oligocene.   AGE span: 55.8...23.03 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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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. delicatus Ke & Shi 1978, p. 44, pl. 4, fig. 17.
LOCATION Panshan, Liaoning Province, Coastal region of Bohai, China.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores 30 x 22 µm. Monoporate, pore circular, 3 µm in diameter, provided with annulus, width of annulus about 0.5 µm. Three-celled, cells subcircular. Septa disc-shaped, dark-colored, 3-4 µm wide. Spore wall 1 µm thick, two-layered, outer layer thicker than the inner one, surface psilate.
COMMENTS* Spores in this species resemble Pluricellaesporites ovatus Sheffy & Dilcher 1971 (pl. 14, fig. 61) in shape, but are distinguished by their very large body size and by the structure of their individual cells.
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
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Pluricellaesporites delicatus
SERIAL NUMBER 1370
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.