Biology:Portalites

Short description: Genus of fungi (fossil)

Portalites Temporal range: Permian PreЄ Є 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

Wikidata ☰ Q7231511 entry