Illustrations:
 Raine 1987, pl. 3, fig. 11 |
 de Jersey & Raine 1990, pl. 19, fig. F |
 de Jersey & Raine 1990, pl. 19, fig. G |
 Raine in Landis et al. 1999, fig. 1A |
 Zhang & Grant-Mackie 2001, fig. 25G |
IGNS taxon number: 414.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma ALETES-INAPERTURATES; Suprasubturma ACAVATALETES; Subturma AZONALETES; Infraturma APICULATI.
Synonymy:
1966 Aff. Schizosporis sp.; Hill et al. p. 126, pl. 12, figs 10, 11.
1969 Araucariacites fissus Reisser & Williams p. 17, pl. 5, fig 11, (in part, non figs 12-17).
1974 Araucariacites fissus Reisser & Williams; McKellar p. 41, pl. 12, figs 5, 6.
1974 Araucariacites cf. fissus Reisser & Williams; Volkheimer p. 163, pl. 7, fig. 65.
1987 Araucariacites fissus; Helby et al. p. 24, fig. 14D.
1987 Araucariacites fissus Reisser & Williams; Raine pp. 134-135, pl. 3, fig. 11.
1988 Araucariacites fissus Reisser & Williams; Kumar et al. p. 68, pl. 6, figs 5, 6, 8, 9.
1990 Araucariacites sp. cf. A. fissus Reisser & Williams; de Jersey & Raine pp. 53-54, pl. 19, figs F, G.
1991 Araucariacites fissus Reisser & Williams; Shield p. 97, pl. 3, fig. 39.
1997 Araucariacites fissus Reisser & Williams; Zhang & Grabt-Mackie p. 20, pl. 5, fig. 14.
1999 Araucariacites fissus Reisser & Williams; Truswell et al. p; 245, fig. 6q.
1999 Araucariacites fissus Reisser & Williams; Landis et al. pp. 276, 278, fig. 1A.
2001 Araucariacites fissus; Thorn p. 282.
2001 Araucariacites fissus Reiser & Williams; Zhang & Grant-Mackie p. 661, fig. 25G.
2008 Araucariacites fissus Reiser & Williams; Zavattieiri & Mego p. 494, fig. 6.12.
2008 Araucariacites fissus Reiser & Williams; Volkheimer et al. pp. 86-87, pl. 2, fig. 6.
2010 Araucariacites fissus Reiser & Williams; Olivera et al. p. 490, fig. 5.13.
Natural affinity: Gymnospermopsida: Araucariaceae.
NZ age range: Triassic to Jurassic.
Brief description: Pollen. Alete, or with regular split.
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).