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Spissuspora

Genus Spissuspora P.K. Strother Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 2016, 227(10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.10.006): 9 [37]. 3 Nov 2015
Name
Spissuspora
Rank
Genus
Authors (Pub.)
Strother P. K.  
Publication
Systematics and evolutionary significance of some new cryptospores from the Cambrian of eastern Tennessee, USA [2015/11]
Journal
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
Annee/Jahrgang
2016
Volume
227
Issue
10.1016/j.revpalbo.2015.10.006
Page number
9 [37]
Year
2015
Parent Taxon
[Phylum] Charophyta
Fossil Status
sporae dispersae (cryptospores)
Type
Spissuspora laevigata
Diagnosis
Tetrads, rarely triads, pentads or higher numbers, of small, spherical spores which are tightly grouped but without clear contact modifications; walls dense, homogeneous, but sometimes somewhat blotchy in transmitted light; wall surface smooth never wrinkled or folded; tetrad may be enclosed in a thin envelope.
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