NAME Spherites
AGE    AGE span:  mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes, Xylariales?
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY Spherites Dijkstra 1949, p. 27.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION* ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Spherical organisms, with a granular, transparent membrane, without inner capsule, covered with many hollow ramified spines. Size without spines ca. 100 µm.

Monotypic.
COMMENTS* As for the type species.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Dijkstra SJ. 1949. Megaspores and some other fossils from the Aachenian (Senonian) in South Limburg, Netherlands; Mededelingen van de Geologische Stichting, nieuwe serie, no. 3 (1948-1949), p. 19-32.
K&J REMARKS Dijkstra described Spherites as incertae sedis. Sphaerites Unger 1850 is an older orthographic variant and these two names must be considered as "confusingly similar names" (ICBN, Art. 53.3), and hence treated as homonyms; Spheritesthus is an illegitimate name. [Jansonius & Hills (1977), card no. 3406.]
TYPE TYPE: Spherites spinosus Dijkstra 1949, p. 27, pl. 2, fig. 12.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Spherites;
SERIAL NUMBER 1583
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.