NAME Ratnagiriathyrites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes, Microthyriales.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Ratnagiriathyrites Saxena & Misra 1990, p. 268.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Ascostromata subcircular or irregular in shape, dark brown, non-ostiolate, cells not arranged radially, porate, pores generally distributed throughout stromata, cells hexagonal, bigger towards periphery than in the central region; margin thick, wavy.

Monotypic.
COMMENTS* The present genus is distinguished from Phragmothyrites Edwards 1922, emend. Kar & Saxena 1976, and Microthyriacites Cookson 1947a by its non-radiating and hexagonal porate cells. Siwalikiathyrites Saxena & Singh 1983 resembles the present genus in having non-radial cells but differs in being aporate.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Saxena RK, Misra NK. 1990. Palynological investigation of the Ratnagiri beds of Sindhu Durg District, Maharashtra; The Palaeobotanist, v. 38 (1989), p. 263-276.
K&J REMARKS The non-radial and aporate nature of Siwalikiathyrites ramanujamii Saxena & Singh 1983 (pl. 2, fig. 25) is not clear in the illustration of its holotype; the figure shows it to be radial, and some cells appear to be porate.
TYPE TYPE: Ratnagiriathyrites hexagonalis Saxena & Misra 1990, p. 268, pl. 2, fig. 14.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Ratnagiriathyrites;
SERIAL NUMBER 1509
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.