Illustrations:
 Pocknall 1982b, fig. 9 |
 Pocknall 1982b, fig. 10 |
 Mildenhall & Pocknall 1989, pl. 3, fig. 5 |
IGNS taxon number: 228.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma SPORITES; Turma TRILETES; Suprasubturma ACAVATITRILETES; Subturma AURICULATI; Infraturma MURORNATI.
Synonymy:
1973 Reticulatisporites cowrensis Martin p. 10, figs 36-38.
1973 Rugulatisporites micraulaxus Partridge in Stover & Partridge p. 250, pl. 15, figs 2, 3.
1981 Rugulatisporites micraulaxus; McMinn p. 3 (figured on cover).
1982 Rugulatisporites cowrensis (Martin); Mildenhall & Suggate pp. 518, 523.
1982 Rugulatisporites micraulaxus Partridge; Pocknall p. 8, figs 9, 10.
1983 Rugulatisporites sp. cf. R. micraulaxus Partridge; Truswell p. 141, pl. 1, figs 10, 11.
1984 Rugulatisporites micraulaxus Partridge; Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 16.
1989 Rugulatisporites cowrensis (Martin) Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 32, pl. 3, fig. 5.
1994 Rugulatisporites sp. cf. micraulaxus Partridge; Beeston p. 143, fig. 29.
1997 (?) Rugulatisporites cf. micraulaxus Partridge; Song pp. 261, 269, pl. 1, figs 4, 5.
1999 Rugulatisporites cowrensis (Martin) Mildenhall & Pocknall; Macphail p. 211, pl. 2, fig. 4.
2004 Rugulatisporitesw cowrensis (Calochlaena); Macphail & Stone p. 509, fig. 7b.
Natural affinity: Filicopsida: ?Dicksoniaceae or Thyrsopteridaceae (cf. Culcita - Macphail 1998); Calochlaena - Macphail & Stone 2004.
NZ age range: 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
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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).