NAME Trichothyrites amorphus
AGE (Kar & Saxena): Paleocene; (Saxena & Misra): Neogene.   AGE span: 65.5...2.588 mya
K&J CLASSIFICATION (2000) Ascomycetes, Microthyriales.
FIGURE(S)
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FIGURE REFERENCE Kar RK, Saxena RK. 1976. Algal and fungal microfossils from Metanomadh Formation (Palaeocene), Kutch, India; The Palaeobotanist, v. 23 (1974), p. 1-15.
SPECIES, AUTHORITY T. amorphus (Kar & Saxena) Saxena & Misra 1990, p. 270.
LOCATION (Kar & Saxena): Bhuj-Lakhpat Road, Matanomadh Village, District of Kutch, Gujarat, India; (Saxena & Misra): Ratnagiri beds, Amberiwidi section, Sindhu Durg District, Maharashtra.
ORIG DESCRIPTION* Ascostromata mostly subcircular, 45-105 x 40-98 µm, dimidiate, ostiolate; ostiole surrounded by a wall of few cells thick. Hyphae radially arranged but do not anastomose to form distinct pseudoparenchymatous cells.
COMMENTS* The present species is distinguished from Notothyrites setifer Cookson 1947a, N. airensis Cookson 1947a and N. denticulatus Ramanujam & Rao 1973 by its lack of distinct pseudoparenchymatous cells.
PUBLICATION REFERENCE Kar RK, Saxena RK. 1976. Algal and fungal microfossils from Metanomadh Formation (Palaeocene), Kutch, India; The Palaeobotanist, v. 23 (1974), p. 1-15.
K&J REMARKS
TYPE
ALL NAMES (Including synonyms) Notothyrites amorphus Kar & Saxena 1976, p. 9, pl. 4, figs. 44-45.; Trichothyrites amorphus
SERIAL NUMBER 1731
PUBLIC COMMENTS
 *For source, see Publication Reference.