NAME Pluricellaesporites magnus
AGE Late Eocene-Early Oligocene.   AGE span: 37.2...28.4 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Mustard PS, Rouse GE. 1994. Stratigraphy and evolution of Tertiary Georgia Basin and subjacent Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington State; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 481, p. 97-169.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. magnus Rouse & Mustard 1997, p. 208.
LOCATION Strait of Georgia, eastern Vancouver Island, the Fraser River lowlands of southwest British Columbia, Canada, and northwestern Washington State, USA.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Monoporate, multiseptate (7-9); septa dentate and with a central pore; spore tapering from a wide base to a pointed apex; wall about 1 µm thick, thinning to about 0.5 µm at apex; septal walls about 1-1.5 µm thick; spore color [brown?]. Dimensions: range of length 138-185 µm; of width 40-50 µm.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Mustard PS, Rouse GE. 1994. Stratigraphy and evolution of Tertiary Georgia Basin and subjacent Upper Cretaceous sedimentary rocks, southwestern British Columbia and northwestern Washington State; Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 481, p. 97-169.
K&J REMARKS Only one specimen illustrated, which appears to be broken and lacking the apical cell(s); thus the shape of the apical part remains unknown.
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Pluricellaesporites magnus Mustard & Rouse, 1994, p. 143, pl. 13, fig. 11 (nom. nud.).; Pluricellaesporites magnus
SERIAL NUMBER 1393
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.