NAME Pluricellaesporites rectangulatus
AGE Pliocene.   AGE span: 5.332...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Mathur YK, Mathur K. 1969. Studies in the fossil flora of Kutch, India. III. On the palaeopalyflora in the Pliocene sediments of Naera-Baraia area, Kutch; Bulletin of the Geological, Mining & Metallurgical Society of India, no. 42, 12 p.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY P. rectangulatus Mathur & Mathur 1969, p. 2, pl. 1, fig. 1.
LOCATION Naera and Baraia area of Kutch, India.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Surface view, spores horizontally septate, 45 x 8.5 µm in size, borne on short pedicel, 8-11 septa. Apical cell dome-shaped. Others rectangular; faint germ pores present. Exine ca. 1 µm thick, brown.
COMMENTS* The specific name is in reference to the rectangular shape of the cells. Pluricellaesporites psilatus Clarke 1965 differs from the present species in having bidentate septa. Pluricellaesporites scabiosus Clarke 1965 has bidentate septa and its cell wall is covered with short echinate projections. Botanical affinity: Teliospore of Uredinales.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Mathur YK, Mathur K. 1969. Studies in the fossil flora of Kutch, India. III. On the palaeopalyflora in the Pliocene sediments of Naera-Baraia area, Kutch; Bulletin of the Geological, Mining & Metallurgical Society of India, no. 42, 12 p.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Pluricellaesporites rectangulatus
SERIAL NUMBER 1409
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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