Exine of cappula very thin and usually intramicroreticulate. This species diagnosis is similar to that of Protohaploxypinus amplus , from the Perth Basin of Western Australia. This form is a rare constituent of a newly described sand on the top of the Wellington Formation in Kansas. This sand is Lower Permian - Leonard in age and presently being described by Lawrence Skelton of the Kansas Geological Survey in Wichita, Kansas. The Kansas specimens of Protohaploxypinus cf.
Spores belong to the plant kingdom.
Most palynologists agree that these forms represent ancient fruiting body elements of plants long extinct. This species of spore pictured is new and in the process of being formally described.