The Kalgutkar and Jansonius Database of Fossil Fungi
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NAME
Tricellaesporonites
AGE
AGE span:
mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000)
Undetermined.
FIGURE(S)
FIGURE REFERENCE
SPECIES, AUTHORITY
Tricellaesporonites Sheffy & Dilcher 1971, p. 48.
LOCATION
ORIG DESCRIPTION
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ORIGINAL DIAGNOSIS: Tricellate, cells spherical or subspherical, inaperturate, shape variable. Diseptate or triseptate, ornamentation psilate to punctate.
COMMENTS
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PUBLICATION REFERENCE
Sheffy MV, Dilcher DL. 1971. Morphology and taxonomy of fungal spores; Palaeontographica, Abt. B, v. 133 p. 34-51.
K&J REMARKS
From the way the three globular elements constituting the type are packed together (not along a straight axis), and from the appearance of the Becke lines (occurring close to their margins), Kalgutkar and Jansonius (2000) believe that these objects may be solid, (rather than strongly pigmented), and possibly an incidental agglomeration of resinous spherules. T. semicircularis, however, is unquestionably of fungal origin.
TYPE
TYPE: Tricellaesporonites triangularis Sheffy & Dilcher 1971, p. 48, pl. 16, fig. 75.
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms)
Tricellaesporonites;
SERIAL NUMBER
1717
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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For source, see Publication Reference.