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Discoidites novaguineensis
Discoidites novaguineensis A.M. Khan Austral. J. Bot., 24(6): 766. Dec 1976
- Name
- Discoidites novaguineensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Discoidites
- Authors (Pub.)
- Khan A. M.
- Publication
- Palynology of Tertiary sediments from Papua New Guinea I [1976/12]
- Journal
- Australian journal of botany
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 6
- Page number
- 766
- Year
- 1976
- Fossil Status
- reproductive organs (pollen)
- Stratigraphy
- Pliocene
- Location
- Iviri No. 1 Well [07"35'54" S, 144" 46' 30" E], Central Delta region, Papua New Guinea
- Paleoregion
- Eurasia (Maritime Southeast Asia)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- The University of Sydney, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Sydney, Australia
- Repository Number
- Core 11B; S2, 87, 16.5
- Diagnosis
- Pollen grain more or less circular. Tricolpate, colpi short, 3-5 um long, rounded, narrow, interangular, slightly thickened. Exine c. 1.6 um thick, sexine as thick as nexine. Exine finely reticulate, lumina about 1 um in diameter, columellae distinct.
