NAME Spirotremesporites reklawensis
AGE Early Middle Eocene.   AGE span: 55.8...37.2 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Fungi Imperfecti, Amerosporae.
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FIGURE REFERENCE Elsik WC. 1990. Hypoxylonites and Spirotremesporites, form genera for Eocene to Pleistocene fungal spores bearing a single furrow; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 216, p.137-169.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY S. reklawensis Elsik 1990a, p. 164, pl. 1, fig. 41.
LOCATION Reklaw Formation of the Claiborne Group, Texas, USA.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Aseptate, psilate fungal spores with an irregularly elliptical to fusiform outline. The furrow is short, ca. 8-10 µm long, and inclined slightly to the axis of the spore. Overall size is ca. 8-10 x 22-25 µm. Thickness of the spore wall is ca. 0.5 µm.
COMMENTS* Spirotremesporites reklawensis is smaller than Spirotremesporites obliquus which it resembles.

Derivation: Named for the rock strata in which it occurs.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Elsik WC. 1990. Hypoxylonites and Spirotremesporites, form genera for Eocene to Pleistocene fungal spores bearing a single furrow; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 216, p.137-169.
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ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Spirotremesporites reklawensis
SERIAL NUMBER 1596
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.