Matonisporites sp. 2

Legrand, Julien, Pons, Denise, Nishida, Harufumi & Yamada, Toshihiro, 2011, Barremian palynofloras from the Ashikajima and Kimigahama formations (Choshi Group, Outer Zone of south-west Japan), Geodiversitas 33 (1), pp. 87-135 : 105

Matonisporites sp. 2 ( Fig. 9O )

Matonisporites sp. D, Legrand, Palynologie des dépôts Jurassique supérieur et Crétacé inférieur du Japon, et provinces paléofloristiques du sud-est asiatique: 165, pl. XII, figs 1, 4 (2009).

OCCURRENCE. — Ashikajima and Kimigahama Fm.

DESCRIPTION

Psilate trilete microspore. Amb rounded triangular. The laesurae are straight, bordered by thickenings (2-4 µm wide), and extend to the ⅔ of the spore radius. The exine is 2 µm thick. Equatorial diameter = 40-55 µm.

BOTANICAL AFFINITIES

Gleicheniales , Matoniaceae .

Figures

FIG. 9. — Spores from the Barremian of south-west Japan: A, B, Cicatricosisporites sp. 1, proximal and distal faces, Ashikajima Fm, II2f-U33d; C, D, Cicatricosisporites sp. 2, proximal and distal faces, Ashikajima Fm, II2a-G40d; E, F, Cicatricosisporites sp. 3, proximal and distal faces, Ashikajima Fm, II2h-Q57; G, H, Cicatricosisporites sp. 4, proximal and distal faces, Ashikajima Fm, II2f-Y56/1b; I, J, Cicatricosisporites mohrioides Delcourt & Sprumont, 1955, proximal and distal faces, Kimigahama Fm, I1a-M55; K-M, P, Ruffordiaspora australiensis (Cookson,1953) Dettmann & Clifford,1992 (K, L, proximal and distal faces,Ashikajima Fm,II2c-D62/4;M, P, distal face with detail, Kimigahama Fm, SEM-I1a); O, Matonisporites sp. 2, proximal face, Ashikajima Fm, II2a-J46/4; N, Q, Plicatella sp., proximal and distal faces, Ashikajima Fm, II2h-J54. Scale bars: 10 μm.