Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 4, fig. 1 |
 Couper 1960, pl. 4, fig. 2 |
 Couper 1960, pl. 4, fig. 3 (holotype) |
 Mildenhall et al. 1992, pl. 1, fig. 5 |
 Mildenhall & Byrami 2003, fig. 3A |
 Mildenhall & Byrami 2003, fig. 3B |
 Mildenhall & Byrami 2003, fig. 3C |
 Mildenhall & Byrami 2003, fig. 3D |
 Mildenhall & Byrami 2003, fig. 3E |
 Mildenhall & Byrami 2003, fig. 3F |
 Mildenhall & Byrami 2003, fig. 4A |
 Mildenhall & Byrami 2003, fig. 4B |
 Mildenhall & Byrami 2003, fig. 4C |
 Mildenhall & Byrami 2003, fig. 4D |
 Mildenhall 2003, fig. 5h. |
IGNS taxon number: 403.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma SACCITES; Subturma POLYSACCITES.
Synonymy:
1960 Microcachryidites n. sp.; Couper & Harris p. 21.
1960 Microcachryidites parvus Couper p. 44, pl. 4, figs 1-3.
1964 Microcachryidites parvus Couper; Harris p. 312.
1970 Microcachryidites parvus Couper; Mildenhall & Harris p. 589.
1975 Microcachryidites parvus Couper; Mildenhall p. 215, 216.
1977 Microcachryidites parvus; Mildenhall p. 245.
1978 Podosporites parvus (Couper) Mildenhall pp. 264, 270.
1978 Podosporites parvus; Mildenhall pp. 10, 12, 15.
1982 Podosporites parvus (Couper); Mildenhall & Suggate pp. 519, 523.
1982 Microcachryidites sp. cf. M. antarcticus; Coetzee & Rogers p. 80, pl. 1, fig. 2.
1983 Microcachryidites parvus Couper; Bratzeva pp. 913, 925, pl. 10, fig. 7.
1983 Microcachryidites sp. cf. M. antarcticus; Coetzee p. 349, fig. 2.2.
1984 Microcachryidites parvus Couper; Raine p. 12.
1984 Podosporites parvus (Couper); Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 16.
1985 Microcachrys (Coniferae); Coetzee & Muller p. 1089, fig. 1.
1985 Podosporites parvus; Lewis & Mildenhall p. 149 (reworked).
1986 Podosporites parvus; Mildenhall & Pocknall pp. 7, 16.
1988 Podosporites parvus (Couper); Nelson et al. p. 31.
1989 Podosporites parvus (Couper); Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 26.
non 1992 Microcachryidites parvus Couper; Mohr & Gee p. 271, pl. 4, fig. 7.
non 1992 Microcachryidites parvus Couper; Mohr & Gee p. 306, pl. 11, figs 10, 11.
1992 Podosporites parvis [sic.] (Couper) Mildenhall; Mildenhall et al. pp. 28-29, pl. 1, fig. 5.
1995 Podosporites parvus (Couper) Mildenhall; Macphail et al. p. 515, fig. 13.
1996 Podosporites parvus (Couper) Mildenhall; Macphail p. 236, fig. 4O.
1999 Podosporites sp. cf. P. parvus (Couper) Mildenhall; Macphail p. 213, pl. 3, fig. 17.
2003 Podosporites parvus (Microcachrys); Mildenhall p. 355, fig. 5H.
2003 Podosporites parvus (Couper) Mildenhall emend Mildenhall & Byrami pp. 150-156, figs 3A-F, 4A-D.
2004 Podosporites parvus (cf. Microcachrys); Macphail & Stone p. 511, fig. 9d.
2005 Podosporites parvus (Couper) Mildenhall, 1978; Bannister et al. p. 517.
2007 Microcachriys (sic); Barreda et al. p. 185, fig. 4.7.
Natural affinity: Gymnospermopsida: Podocarpaceae (cf. Microcachrys).
NZ age range: Paleogene to Neogene.
Brief description: Saccate pollen. Trisaccate.
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).