Foveosporites magnus G.Playford

Plant Fossil Names Registry Number: PFN002976

Act LSID: urn:lsid:plantfossilnames.org:act:2976

Author: G. Playford

Rank: species

Genus:

Reference: Playford, G. (2022): Mississippian palynoflora from the Clarke River Basin, north Queensland, Australia. – Ameghiniana 59(4): 225–264.

Page of description: 244

Illustrations or figures: fig. 9.10–9.15

Types

Original diagnosis/description

Spores large, radial, trilete. Amb circular–subcircular. Laesurae distinct to perceptible, simple, length ca. 0.4 to 0.7 of amb radius. Exine 2.3–4.5 μm thick, comprehensively, densely, and negatively sculptured, i.e., foveolate– vermiculate. Foveolae subcircular in outline, 0.5–5 μm in diameter; vermiculi unbranched, 0.7–8.5 μm long, 1–2 μm wide; elements discrete, up to 1.5 μm deep, ca. 0.5–11 μm apart.

Etymology

Latin, magnus, large.

Stratigraphy

Carboniferous, Mississippian
Lyall Formation.

Locality

Australia
Clarke River Basin, Queensland.