Tasmanites sp., 1875

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 : 117

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2011n1a6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4596941

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039A87FC-FFDF-6173-FEA7-FA98FCB2FBC7

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scientific name

Tasmanites sp.
status

 

Tasmanites sp.

OCCURRENCE. — Ashikajima Fm (rare).

DISTRIBUTION. — This genus is known from the Precambrian to possibly Holocene.

DESCRIPTION

Cyst with a circular equatorial shape. The wall is thick (about 10 µm), pierced by many distinct small pores about 1 µm in diameter. A slit can be seen at the center of the cyst, suggesting an empty phycoma. Equatorial diameter = 83-93 µm.

BOTANICAL AFFINITIES

Pterospermatales, Tasmanitaceae of marine environment.

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