Validation of the Names of One Genus and Five Species of Fossil Fungi from Subsurface Aptian-Albian Sediments from Northern Arabian Gulf

Abstract

The names of one genus and five species of fossil fungi, recognized by Srivastava 8 Al-Tayyar (2013), are here validated. These names were not registered with any recognized nomenclatural repository by the original describing authors and therefore lacked citation of the identifier, and this validating information is provided herein. All names and their validating descriptions/ diagnoses are ascribed to their original authors. These new species names are: Dicellaesporites arabimarinus Sat. K. Srivast. 8 Al-Tayyar, Fractisporonites lucibiliporus Sat. K. Srivast. 8 Al-Tayyar, Multicellaesporites articulatus Sat. K. Srivast. 8 Al-Tayyar, Tripithonites amoenus Sat. K. Srivast. 8 Al-Tayyar, Tripithonites argoperatus Sat. K. Srivast. 8 Al-Tayyar. In addition, the genus name Tripithonites Sat. K. Srivast. 8 Al-Tayyar (Type: T. amoenus Sat. K. Srivast. 8 Al-Tayyar) is also validated, together with the names of its two species, mentioned above.