NAME Pluricellaesporites ocellatus
AGE Late Cretaceous.   AGE span: 99.6...65.5 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Song Z, Cao L. 1994. Late Cretaceous fungal spores from King George Island, Antarctica; Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Fides Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, Monograph 3, p. 47-49.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. ocellatus Song Zhichen & Cao Liu 1994, p. 41, pl. 2, fig. 7.
LOCATION King George Island, Antarctica.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores widely ellipsoidal, rounded at both ends; holotype 56 x 23 µm, four- to five-celled, cells at both ends nearly hemispherical, other cells flat trapezium-shaped; single pore small, located at the proximal end, pore indistinct, about 2 µm wide; septa three [or more]; spore wall rather rigid, surface smooth; contact areas between cells without distinct indentations; spores black.
COMMENTS* Differs from Pluricellaesporites antarcticus in having ellipsoidal shape and small indistinct pore, whereas the latter species has a large and distinct pore.

Etymology: for the shape of small pore.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Song Z, Cao L. 1994. Late Cretaceous fungal spores from King George Island, Antarctica; Stratigraphy and Palaeontology of Fides Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica, Monograph 3, p. 47-49.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Pluricellaesporites ocellatus
SERIAL NUMBER 1405
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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