Illustrations:
 de Jersey & Raine 1990, pl. 13, fig. A |
 de Jersey & Raine 1990, pl. 13, fig. B |
 de Jersey & Raine 1990, pl. 13, fig. C |
 Zhang & Grant-Mackie 2001, fig. 21N |
 Zhang & Grant-Mackie 2001, fig. 21O |
 Zhang & Grant-Mackie 2001, fig. 21P |
IGNS taxon number: 27.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma SPORITES; Turma MONOLETES; Suprasubturma PERINOMONOLETES.
Synonymy:
1965 Aratrisporites flexibilis Playford & Dettmann pp. 153-154, pl. 15, figs 46-48.
1970 Aratrisporites flexibilis Playford & Dettmann; de Jersey p. 13, pl. 5, fig. 3.
1971 Aratrisporites flexibilis Playford & Dettmann; de Jersey pp. 11-12, pl. 3, figs 10, 11; pl. 4, fig. 4.
1990 Aratrisporites flexibilis Playford & Dettmann; de Jersey & Raine pp. 43-44, pl. 13, figs A-C.
1997 Aratrisporites flexibilis Playford & Dettmann; Zhang & Grant-Mackie p. 18, pl. 2, figs 12, 13.
1998 Aratrisporites flexibilis Playford & Dettmann; Fu & Yuan p. 454, pl. 1, fig. 36.
2000 Aratrisporites flexibilis Playford & Dettmann; Song et al. pp. 361-362, pl. 104, figs 10, 11 (with additonal synonymy).
2001 Aratrisporites flexibilis Playford & Dettmann; Zhang & Grant-Mackie p. 646, figs 21N-P.
2006 Aratrisporites flexibilis Playford & Dettmann; Huang p. 265, pl. 2, figs 13, 23.
2006 Aratrisporites flexibilis Playford & Dettmann; Huang p. 90, pl. 10, fig. 9.
Natural affinity: Lycopsida.
NZ age range: Triassic.
Brief description: Spore. Cavate. Monolete.
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).