Illustrations:
 Raine 1987, pl. 3, fig. 10 |
 Pocknall & Lindqvist 1988, pl. 1, fig. 29 |
 Mildenhall 1994 pl. 10, fig. 3 |
IGNS taxon number: 351.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma SACCITES; Subturma DISACCITES; Infraturma SULCATI.
Synonymy:
1957 Pityosporites similis Balme p. 36, pl. 10, figs 108, 109.
1963 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann p. 102, pl. 25, figs 5-7.
1968 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Muller p. 7, pl. 2, fig. 1.
1968 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Haskell p. 218, pl. 1, figs 3, 4.
1968 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Hill et al. pp. 32-33, pl. 15, fig. 6.
1969 Alisporites similis Balme; Venkatachala p. 5, pl. 2, fig. 60.
(?)1969 Alisporites sp. cf. A. similis (Balme) Dettmann; Reiser & Williams p. 14, pl. 6, fig. 2.
1970 Pityosporites similis Balme; Pocock p. 83, pl. 17, figs 13-15.
1971 Pityosporites similis Balme; Krutzsch p. 17.
1971 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; de Jersey p. 15, pl. 5, fig. 5.
1972 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Waterhouse & Norris pp. 4-5.
1974 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; McKellar p. 38, pl. 11, fig. 4.
1976 Alisporites similis (Balme); Doubinger & Marocco p. 85, pl. 1, fig. 23.
1976 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Chlonova p. 54, pl. 15, figs 10-12.
1977 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Harris pp. 774-775, pl. 4, figs 6, 16.
1977 Alisporites cf. similis (Balme) Dettmann; Volkheimer et al. p. 62, pl. 1, figs 11, 12.
1978 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; McLachlan & Pieterse pp. 878-879, pl. 4, fig. 7.
1978 Alisporites similis (Balme); Mildenhall p. 661.
1980 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Burger p. 63, pl. 17, figs 9, 10.
1981 Alisporites cf. similis (Balme) Dettmann; Volkheimer & Quattrocchio pp. 436-437, pl. 8, fig. 6.
1983 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Kotova p. 901, pl. 10, fig. 12.
1984 Alisporites cf., similis (Balme) Dettmann; Volkheimer & Pramparo p. 276, pl. 2, fig. 31.
1984 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Raine p. 9.
1986 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Dettmann pp. 93, 101, fig. 8K.
1987 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Zavattieri pp. 178-179, pl. 2, fig. 5 (cf.); pl. 3, fig. 3.
1987 Alisporites aff. A. similis (Balme) Dettmann; Traverse p. 1470, fig. 3d.
1987 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Raine p. 134, pl. 3, fig. 10.
1988 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Volkova et al. p. 168, pl. 29, fig. 6.
1988 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Backhouse p. 71, pl. 11, figs 3, 4.
1988 Alisporites similis (Balme); Pocknall & Lindqvist p. 90, pl. 1, fig. 29.
1988 Alisporites sp.; Pocknall & Lindqvist p. 90, pl. 1, fig. 28.
1989 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Kora & El Beialy pp. 132-133, pl. 1, fig. 29.
1990 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Mohr p. 460, pl. 3, fig. 3.
1991 Pityosporites similis Balme; Shang & Wang p. 110, pl. 3, fig. 3.
1991 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Shield p. 97, pl. 3, fig. 37.
1991 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Zavattieri p. 10, pl. 3, figs 4, 5.
1992 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Mohr & Gee p. 270, pl. 3, fig. 6.
1992 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Mohr & Gee p. 306, pl. 11, fig. 6.
1992 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Dettmann et al. p. 241, fig. 17a.
1993 Pityosporites similis Balme; Huang p. 87, pl. 2, figs 1-3, 9.
1994 Alisporites cf. A. similis (Balme) Dettmann; Tekbali pp. 306-307, pl. 5, fiig. 7.
1994 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Pole & Raine p. 158.
1994 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Mildenhall pp. 12, 73, pl. 10, fig. 3.
1994 Pteridispermophyta type (A. similis (Balme)) Dettmann p. 147, fig. 8.4c.
1999 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Barreda et al. p. 62, pl. 3, fig. 12.
1999 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Truswell et al. p. 245, fig. 6h.
2000 Pityosporites similis Balme; Huang p. 83, pl. 1, fig. 29.
2000 Pityosporites similis Balme; Huang p. 469, pl. 2, fig. 17.
2000 Pityosporites similis Balme; Song et al. p. 423, pl. 125, figs 1-3 (with additional synonymy).
2000 Pityosporites similis Balme; Gao et al. p. 224, pl. 10, fig. 31.
2001 Alisporites similis; Thorn p. 282.
2002 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Sajjadi & Playford pp. 126-127, pl. 5, figs 13, 14.
2002 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Pramparo & Volkheimer p. 400, fig. 3K.
2002 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Li & Batten p. 697, fig. 7V.
2004 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Van Itterbeeck et al. p. 404, fig. 5N.
2005 Alisporites similis; Ariffin et al. p. 80, fig. 5.7.
2006 Pityosporites similis Balme; Huang p. 266, pl. 4, fig. 6.
2006 Pityosporites similis Balme; Huang pp. 120-121, pl. 19, figs 16, 21 (with additional synonymy).
2006 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Pertusat et al. p.103, fig. 4h.
2007 Pityosporites similis Balme; Huang & Li p. 188, pl. 2, fig. 14.
2008 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Sajjadi et al. p. 404, pl. 2, fig. 11.
2008 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Volkheimer et al. pp. 86-87, pl. 1, fig. 2.
2009 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Mantle p. 39, pl. 5, fig. 4.
2010 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Schrank p. 17, pl. 8, fig. 2.
2010 Alisporites similis (Balme) Dettmann; Gutierrez et al. pp. 468, 481, fig. 11H.
Natural affinity: Gymnospermopsida.
NZ age range: Triassic to Cretaceous.
Brief description: Saccate pollen. Bisaccate.
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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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).