Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 3, fig. 1 |
 Couper 1960, pl. 3, fig. 2 (holotype) |
IGNS taxon number: 166.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma SPORITES; Turma TRILETES; Suprasubturma ACAVATITRILETES; Subturma AZONATI; Infraturma APICULATI.
Synonymy:
1960 Trilites kopukuensis Couper p. 42, pl. 3, figs 1, 2.
1968 cf. Lygodium sp.; Wilson p. 58.
1970 Trilites kopukuensis Couper; Reyre pp. 124-125, pl. 10, fig. 6.
1973 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis (Couper) Stover in Partridge & Stover p. 251, pl. 16, figs 2a-3b.
1982 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis (Couper); Pocknall p. 20.
1982 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis (Couper) Stover; Pocknall p. 284.
1983 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis; Hill & Macphail p. 293, fig. 6J (???????).
1984 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis (Couper) Stover; Raine p. 12.
1984 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis (Couper); Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 16.
1985 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis (Couper) Stover; Pocknall p. 348.
1989 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis (Couper); Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 26.
1989 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis (Couper); Pocknall & Turnbull p. 378.
1991 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis; Pocknall p. 410.
1994 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis (Couper) Stover; Beeston p. 143, fig. 25.
non 1997 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis (Couper) Stover; Song pp. 262-263, 270, pl. 3, figs 5, 6.
1999 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis (Couper) Stover & Partridge ; Macphail p. 211, pl. 2, fig. 15
2000 Verrucosisporites kopukuensis (Couper) Stover; Barreda & Palamarczuk p. 106, figs 4I, 4J, 4M.
non 2003 Trilites kopukuensis Couper; Mohr et al. p. 34, pl. P4, fig. 6.
Natural affinity: Filicopsida; Schizaeaceae (Lygodium).
NZ age range: Paleogene to Neogene.
Brief description: Spore. Trilete.
Cite this publication as: "J.I. Raine, D.C. Mildenhall, E.M. Kennedy
(2011). New Zealand fossil spores and pollen: an illustrated catalogue. 4th
edition. GNS Science miscellaneous series no. 4.
http://data.gns.cri.nz/sporepollen/index.htm".
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2011
ISBN 978-0-478-19871-3
ISSN 1177-2441
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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).