NAME Pluricellaesporites edigeri
AGE Middle?-Late Eocene to Late Oligocene, Miocene-Pliocene.   AGE span: 48.6...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Ediger VS, Alisan C. 1989. Tertiary fungal and algal palynomorph biostratigraphy of the northern Thrace Basin, Turkey; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 58, p. 139-161.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. edigeri Kalgutkar & Jansonius 2000
LOCATION Northern Thrace Basin, Turkey.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* (Ediger & Alisan) Multicellate, uniseriate, inaperturate, elliptical fungal spores. One of the apical cells is hyaline and sometimes has an attached appendage or filament. The outermost septum may sometimes be very close to the apex forming a chamber-like structure at the apex. Size 28-31 x 67-77 µm.
COMMENTS* (Ediger & Alisan): Multicellaesporites elsikii differs from M. nortonii Elsik 1968, and M. pandus, M. ovatus, M. elongatus and M. attenuatus (all Sheffy & Dilcher 1971) by number and position of the septa. M. attenuatus is similar to M. elsikii, but differs by its smaller size. M. elsikii differs from Type-503 from the Upper Eemian deposits (van Geel et al., 1983) by having more than three septa.

Derivation of original name: In honor of Dr. William C. Elsik. [New name after V.S. Ediger, author of the homonym.]
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Ediger VS, Alisan C. 1989. Tertiary fungal and algal palynomorph biostratigraphy of the northern Thrace Basin, Turkey; Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, v. 58, p. 139-161.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Multicellaesporites elsikii Ediger & Alisan 1989, p. 156, pl. 4, fig. 6.
Non Multicellaesporites elsikii Kar & Saxena 1976.
Non Staphlosporonites elsikii Ramanujam & Srisailam 1980
[=Multicellaesporites elsikii (Ramanujam & Srisailam) Kumar 1990].
Non Pluricellaesporites elsikii Kalgutkar 1997.; Pluricellaesporites edigeri
SERIAL NUMBER 1372
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.