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Paleoplastes

Genus Paleoplastes Poinar, F.E. Vega Historical Biol., 2021, 33(5): 712. 23 Aug 2019
Name
Paleoplastes
Rank
Genus
Authors (Pub.)
Poinar G. O. Vega F. E.  
Publication
Mid-Cretaceous cellular slime mold (Eukarya: Dictyostelia?) in Burmese amber [2019/8]
Journal
Historical biology
Annee/Jahrgang
2021
Volume
33
Issue
5
Page number
712
Year
2019
Parent Taxon
[Phylum] Dictyosteliomycota
Fossil Status
thallus
Type
Paleoplastes burmanica
Diagnosis
Plasmodium composed of a protoplast containing a central reddish pseudoplasmodium with an aggregation of myxamoebae. At one end of the pseudoplasmodium are sorocarps bearing small, roundish spores, some of which are in short chains.
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