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Genus of fungi (fossil)

Portalites
Temporal range: Permian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: incertae sedis
(unranked): Acritarcha
Genus: Portalites
Hemer & P.W. Nygreen, (1967)
Species
  • P. baculus (1988)
  • P. confertus (1967) Type species
  • P. gondwanensis (1968)

Portalites is an extinct genus of acritarchs. The species Portalites gondwanensis was located in outcrop Morro do Papaléo in the town of Mariana Pimentel in Brazil, the geopark Paleorrota. The outcrop is in the Rio Bonito Formation and date from Sakmarian in the Permian.

References

  1. PALINOLOGIA DO MORRO DO PAPALÉO, MARIANA PIMENTEL (PERMIANO INFERIOR, BACIA DO PARANÁ), RIO GRANDE DO SUL, BRASIL
Taxon identifiers
Portalites
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