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Pityosporites oldhamensis
Pityosporites oldhamensis Dunay, M.J. Fisher Rev. Palaeobot. Palynol., 28(1): 78. 19 Jun 1979
- Name
- Pityosporites oldhamensis
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Pityosporites
- Authors (Pub.)
- Dunay R. E.
Fisher M. J.
- Publication
- Palynology of the Dockum Group (Upper Triassic), Texas, U.S.A. [1979/6]
- Journal
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Page number
- 78
- Year
- 1979
- Fossil Status
- sporae dispersae
- Stratigraphy
- Norian
- Strat. comment
- Tecovas Formation / 221,5–212 mya
- Location
- in the headwaters of Home Creek, Lewis Ranch, approximately 4.8 km (3 miles) north of the town of Kalgary, Crosby County, Texas, USA
- Paleoregion
- America (North)
Data for Holotypus
- Repository
- Department of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
- Repository Number
- Slide AS2, 17.3/75.9
- Diagnosis
- Alete bisaccate, pollen grain. Corpus circular to elliptical; ektexine finely infrareticulate, cappa usually weakly developed. Sacci semi-circular, finely infrareticulate, filamentous; outline undulate. Sacci proximally attached
at the equator, distally strongly pendent; distal saccus bases distinct, generally straight to slightly curved. A broad, weakly developed leptoma occurs between the saccus bases. Dimensions: Equatorial diameter (25 specimens) overall 81-112 um, corpus 45-65 um.
