Illustrations:
 Raine et al. 1981, pl. 5, fig. 7 |
 Raine et al. 1981, pl. 5, fig. 8 |
 Mildenhall 1994 pl. 4, fig. 2 |
IGNS taxon number: 173.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma SPORITES; Turma TRILETES; Suprasubturma ACAVATITRILETES; Subturma AZONATI; Infraturma MURORNATI; Subinfraturma RETICULATI.
Synonymy:
1958 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann p. 107, pl. 16, figs 5-10.
1963 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Dettmann p. 49, pl. 8, figs 8-14.
1973 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Burger p. 118, pl. 1, figs 14, 15.
1974 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Burger p. 6, pl. 14, fig. 2.
non 1975(7) Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Filatoff p. 54, pl.18, figs 8, 9.
1980 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Burger p. 54, pl. 9, fig. 2.
1981 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Raine et al. pp. 258-259, pl. 5, figs 7, 8.
1986 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Ashraf & Erben p. 131, pl. 4, figs 8-12.
1986 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Dettmann pp. 93, 97-98, figs 6O, 6P.
1988 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Ashraf & Stinnesbeck p. 44, pl. 1, fig. 9.
1988 Dictyotosporites speciosus; Alley p. 192, fig. 4F.
1988 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Backhouse p. 58, pl. 5, figs 6, 7.
1990 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Mohr p. 459, pl. 2, fig. 7.
1992 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Mohr & Gee p. 269, pl. 2, fig. 5.
1994 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Mildenhall pp. 11, 56-57, pl. 4, fig. 2.
2002 Dictyotosporites sp. cf. D. speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Sajjadi & Playford p. 42, pl. 6, fig. 10.
2003 Dictyotosporites speciosus Cookson & Dettmann; Warne et al. p. 645, fig. 22.27e.
Natural affinity: Lycopsida.
NZ age range: Cretaceous.
Brief description: Spore. Trilete.
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).