NAME Ramasricellites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Phragmosporae.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Ramasricellites gen. nov.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* DIAGNOSIS: Fungal spores inaperturate, tetracellate, ellipsoidal, with central cells broader, thicker walled and more pigmented than the terminal cells; terminal cells thin walled to hyaline, with rounded ends; septa (or septal bases) thick and dark, evenly spaced.

Derivation of name: a composite of the beginnings of the surnames Ramanujam and Srisailam, the authors of the type species.
COMMENTS*
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Kalgutkar RM, Jansonius J. 2000. Synopsis Of Fossil Fungal Spores, Mycelia And Fructifications; American Association Stratigraphic Palynologists Foundation, Contributions Series Number 39, Dallas Texas, 423 p.
K&J REMARKS The sharp differentiation between the dark, broad central cells and the narrower, elongate hyaline terminal cells, as well as the lack of constriction at the median septum, differentiate this form from species in Multicellites.
TYPE TYPE: Ramasricellites differentialis (Ramanujam & Srisailam) comb. nov. Multicellaesporites differentialis Ramanujam & Srisailam 1980, p. 121, pl. 1, fig. 3.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Ramasricellites;
SERIAL NUMBER 1502
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.