Paleoserenomyces
Genus of fossil fungi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paleoserenomyces is an extinct monotypic genus of pleosporale fungus of uncertain family placement. When described it contained the single species Paleoserenomyces allenbyensis. The genus is solely known from the Early Eocene, Ypresian aged, Princeton Chert deposit of the Allenby Formation. Palaeoserenomyces is one of only three described fossil fungus species found in the Princeton Chert, being a tar spot like parasite of the fossil palm Uhlia allenbyensis, and is host for the hyperparasite Cryptodidymosphaerites princetonensis.
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Paleoserenomyces | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Phyllachorales |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | †Paleoserenomyces Currah, Stockey & LePage 1998 |
Species: | †P. allenbyensis |
Binomial name | |
†Paleoserenomyces allenbyensis Currah, Stockey & LePage 1998 | |
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