Illustrations:
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 3, fig. 1a (holotype) (as P. irregularis) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 3, fig. 1b (holotype) (as P. irregularis) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 3, fig. 1c (holotype) (as P. irregularis) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 3, fig. 2 (paratype) (as P. irregularis) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 3, fig. 3a (paratype) (as P. irregularis) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 3, fig. 3b (paratype) (as P. irregularis) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 3 fig. 4 (as P. irregularis) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 3, fig. 5 (as P. irregularis) |
IGNS taxon number: 14.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma SPORITES; Turma MONOLETES; Suprasubturma ACAVATOMONOLETES; Subturma AZONOMONOLETES; Infraturma APICULATIMONOLETI.
Synonymy:
Non 1967 Verrucatosporites irregularius Krutzsch p. 192, pl. 72, figs 5-8.
non 1973 Polypodiisporites irregularis [sic.] (Krutzsch) Nagy p. 458.
1984 Polypodiisporites irregularis Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 22, pl. 3, figs 1-5.
1985 Polypodiisporites irregularis Pocknall & Mildenhall .; Pocknall p. 348.
1986 Polypodiisporites irregularis; Mildenhall & Pocknall pp. 15, 20.
1989 Polypodiisporites irregularis Pocknall & Mildenhall; Pocknall & Turnbull p. 378.
1989 Polypodiisporites variscabratus Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 33.
1990 Polypodiisporites irregularis; Pocknall p. 150.
1991 Polypodiisporites variscabratus; Pocknall p. 410.
1992 Polypodiisporites variscabratus; Mildenhall et al. p. 42.
2005 Polypodiisporites variscabratus Mildenhall & Pocknall, 1989; Bannister et al. p. 517.
2007 Polypodiisporites irregularis Pocknall & Mildenhall; Volkheimer et al. p. 126, pl. 3, fig. 6.
2009 Polypodiisporites sp.; Barreda et al. p. 28, pl. 1, fig. 4.
2009 Polypodiisporites irregularis Pocknall & Mildenhall; Scafati et al. pp. 48, 50, fig. 8F.
Natural affinity: Psilotaceae (Tmesipteris tannensis Berhn.); or Filicopsida: Polypodiaceae, Schizaeaceae.
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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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).