Illustrations:
 Mildenhall 1977, fig. 3 |
 Mildenhall 1994 pl. 14, fig. 4 |
 Vajda & Raine 2010, fig. 6H |
IGNS taxon number: 472.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma TRICOLPATES.
Synonymy:
Non 1977 cf. Tricolporites lilliei (Couper); Mildenhall pp. 662, 664-665, fig. 3.
1983 Propylipollis sp. cf. P. tuberculiformis (Harris) Martin & Harris; Truswell p. 161, pl. 5, fig. 16.
1988 Beaupreaidites orbiculatus Dettmann & Jarzen pp. 219, 222, figs 2A-2I.
1990 Beaupreaidites orbiculatus Dettmann & Jarzen; Dettmann & Jarzen pp. 136, 138, figs 5A-5D.
non 1994 Beaupreaidites orbiculatus Dettmann & Jarzen; Mildenhall pp. 12, 85, pl. 14, fig. 4.
1994 Beauprea type (Beaupreaidites orbiculatus Dettmann & Jarzen) Dettmann p. 148, fig. 8.5l (el).
1995 Beaupreaidites orbiculatus Dettmann & Jarzen; Martin p. 31.
1996 Beaupreaidites orbiculatus Dettmann & Jarzen; Dettmann & Jarzen p. 115, figs 8C-E.
1998 Beaupreaidites orbiculatus Dettmann & Jarzen; Dettmann & Jarzen p. 416, 422, 426, figs 9k, 13c, 13e, 13g, 17 a.
1998 Proteacidites orbiculatus (Dettmann & Jarzen) Milne p. 563.
2010 Beaupreaidites orbiculatus; Vajda & Raine p. 368, fig. 6H.
Note: Specimens illustrated by Mildenhall (1977, 1994) appear to be a different species.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: ?Proteaceae (Beauprea, cf. B. montana, B. montisfontium - New Caledonian species).
NZ age range: Cretaceous.
Brief description: Pollen. Tricolpate.
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).