Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 1, fig. 12 (holotype) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 1, fig. 13 |
 Mildenhall & Suggate 1981 fig. 14 |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 4, fig. 6a (Holotype rephotographed) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 4, fig. 6b holotype rephotographed) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 4, fig.7 |
IGNS taxon number: 3.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma SPORITES; Turma MONOLETES; Suprasubturma ACAVATOMONOLETES; Subturma AZONOMONOLETES; Infraturma LAEVIGATOMONOLETI.
Synonymy:
1960 Monolites alveolatus Couper p. 40, pl. 1, figs 12, 13.
1967 Extrapunctatosporis alveolatus (Couper) Krutzsch p. 63, pl. 59, figs 5-8a.
1973 Reticuloidosporites minisporis Martin p. 13, figs 51, 52.
1980 Monolites alveolatus Couper; Mildenhall p. 218.
1981 Extrapunctisporis alveolatus (Couper) Krutzsch; Stuchlik p. 117, pl. 2, figs 6, 7.
1982 Monolites alveolatus Couper; Mildenhall & Suggate pp. 524-525, fig. 14.
1982 Monolites alveolatus Couper; Pocknall p. 20.
1984 Monolites alveolatus Couper emend. Pocknall & Mildenhall pp. 20-21, pl. 4, figs 6, 7.
1985 Monolites alveolatus Couper; Pocknall p. 348.
1986 Monolites alveolatus; Mildenhall & Pocknall pp. 8, 15, 20.
1988 Monolites alveolatus Couper; Nelson et al. p. 31.
non 1989 Extrapunctatosporis alveolatus (Couper) Krutzsch; Gregor et al. p. 352, pl. 1, fig. 9.
1989 Monolites alveolatus Couper; Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 26.
non 1997 Monolites alveolatus Couper; Song p. 271, pl. 4, fig. 12.
1999 Monolites alveolatus Couper; Macphail p. 209, pl. 1, figs 2, 3.
2000 Monolites alveolatus Couper; Palamarczuk & Barreda p. 229, fig. 5F.
2006 Monolites alveolatus Couper; Macphail & Cantrill p. 619, pl. 1, fig. 4.
2009 Monolites sp. cf. M. alveolatus Couper; Truswell & Macphail p. 69, figs 29, 30.
Natural affinity: Filicopsida: cf. Polypodiaceae (Belvisia - Macphail 1998).
NZ age range: Paleogene to Neogene.
Brief description: Spore. Monolete. Outline in polar view oval.
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).