Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 11, fig. 10 (holotype) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 11, fig. 11 (holotype) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 11, fig. 12 |
 Mildenhall 1994 pl. 14, fig. 3 (cf.) |
IGNS taxon number: 624.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma TRICOLPORATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Tricolpites coprosmoides Couper p. 65, pl. 11, figs 10-12.
1964 Tricolpites coprosmoides Couper; Bratseva p. 1112.
1966 Tricolpites coprosmoides Couper; Bratseva p. 137.
non 1972 Tricolpites aff. coprosmoides Couper; Hekel p. 8, pl. 4, fig. 24.
non 1975 Psilatricolpites coprosmoides (Couper) Doubinger & Chotin pp. 559-560, pl. 2, fig. 13 (not validly transferred).
non 1988 Tricolpites sp. cf. T. coprosmoides Couper; Milne pp. 294-295, 297-298, figs 5R-5V.
1989 Tricolpites coprosmoides; Browne & MacKinnon text-figs 10 (cf.), 12 (cf.), 13.
1994 Tricolpites sp. cf. T. coprosmoides Couper; Mildenhall pp. 17, 88-89, pl. 14, fig. 3.
non 1999 Tricolpites cf. coprosmoides Couper; Song et al. p. 346, pl. 96, figs 31, 32 (with additional synonymy).
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae.
NZ age range: Paleogene.
Brief description: Pollen. Tricolporate.
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).