NAME Scleroderma echinosporites
AGE (Middle?) Eocene (but possibly as old as Late Cetaceous?).   AGE span: 83.5...33.9 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Basidiomycetes, Sclerodermatales.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Rouse GE. 1962. Plant microfossils from the Burrard Formation of western British Columbia; Micropaleontology, v. 8, p. 187-218.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY S. echinosporites Rouse 1962, p. 196, pl. 5, fig. 22.
LOCATION South shore of Burrard Inlet, British Columbia, Canada.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Spores small, circular in outline, with no obvious openings or pores in the wall. Ornamentation consists of fine spines radiating out from the wall. These cover the spore except at one place, which presumably was the place of attachment of the sterigma. The wall also seems coarsely punctate, with thin(?) areas more or less scattered on the surface. Size range 11-15 µm.
COMMENTS* The spores are identical to modern puffball spores of the genus Scleroderma, and also agree with them in their size range. They were found in only one sample.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Rouse GE. 1962. Plant microfossils from the Burrard Formation of western British Columbia; Micropaleontology, v. 8, p. 187-218.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Scleroderma echinosporites
SERIAL NUMBER 1551
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.