Illustrations:
 Mildenhall 1975a, fig. 8 |
 Couper 1960, pl. 2, fig. 3 (holotype, high focus) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 2, fig. 4 (holotype, low focus) |
IGNS taxon number: 261.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma SPORITES; Turma TRILETES; Suprasubturma ACAVATITRILETES; Subturma CINGULATI; Infraturma LAEVIGATI.
Synonymy:
1960 Trilites n. sp.; Couper & Harris p. 21.
1960 Trilites bifurcatus Couper p. 42, pl. 2, figs 3, 4.
1964 Trilites bifurcatus Couper; Harris p. 312.
1970 Trilites bifurcatus Couper; Mildenhall & Harris p. 589.
1973 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus (Couper) Martin p. 12, figs 45-47.
1975 Trilites bifurcatus Couper; Mildenhall pp. 214, 216.
1975 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus (Couper) Martin; Mildenhall pp. 670-671, fig. 8.
1977 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus; Mildenhall p. 245.
1978 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus (Couper); Mildenhall p. 268.
1982 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus (Couper); Mildenhall & Suggate p. 518.
1982 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus (Couper) Martin; Dudgeon p. 107, pl. 2, fig. 1.
1985 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus (Couper) Martin; Hill & Macphail p. 509, figs 56, 57.
1985 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus; Lewis & Mildenhall pp. 146, 149.
1985 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus; Mildenhall p. 122.
1986 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus; Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 15.
1989 Cingulatisporites cf. C. bifurcatus (Couper); Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 26.
1992 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus; Mildenhall et al. pp. 42, 46.
1993 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus (Couper) Martin; Macphail & Truswell pp. 404-405, pl. 6, fig. 14.
1999 Cingulatisporites bifurcatus Couper) Martin; Macphail p. 209, pl. 1, fig. 11.
Natural affinity: Bryophyta: Anthocerotaceae (Phaeoceros, Megaceros).
NZ age range: Neogene.
Brief description: Spore. Cingulate. 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
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).