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Malvaceidites spinosus
Malvaceidites spinosus A.M. Khan Austral. J. Bot., 24(6): 765. Dec 1976
- Name
- Malvaceidites spinosus
- Rank
- Species
- Generic Name
- [Genus] Malvaceidites
- 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
- 765
- Year
- 1976
- Fossil Status
- sporae dispersae (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 14A; S1, 93.5, 3.5
- Diagnosis
- Pollen grain spherical; pores circular, 2.3 ym in diameter, scattered all over the surface. Spinose, spines 8-16 um long, conical. The base of the spines
slightly raised from the surface. Exine c. 3-4 um thick between the spines, sexine as thick as nexine, columellae distinct, exine between the spines smooth. Spines 8-12 um apart.
