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Diporisporites

Discussion

Diagnosis amended: Fungal spore one-celled, diporate; pores at opposite ends of the grain. The pores can be modified, for example with atrium, annulus, or septa, forming a chamber of pore; variable contour, variable ornamentation.

Taxonomy
Diporisporites was named by Elsik (1968) [Van der Hammen, 1954 emend Elsik, 1968. Type species: Diporisporites elongatus.]. It is not extant. It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type is Diporisporites elongatus.

It was assigned to Fungi by Chauhan (1991).

Species
D. elongatus (type species), D. fusiformis, D. major

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Diporisporites Elsik p. 271
1991Diporisporites Chauhan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomFungiJahn and Jahn 1959
RankNameAuthor
genusDiporisporitesElsik 1968

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Diporisporites Elsik 1968
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†Diporisporites elongatus Quattrocchio 1978
†Diporisporites fusiformis Chandra et al. 1984
†Diporisporites major Chandra et al. 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available