Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 11, fig. 9 (holotype) |
IGNS taxon number: 503.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma TRICOLPATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Tricolpites fissilis Couper p. 65, pl. 11, fig. 9.
1965 Tricolpites fissilis Couper; Harris p. 89, pl. 27, fig. 12.
1972 Tricolpites fissilis Couper; Venkatachala & Rawat p. 302, pl. 2, figs 26, 27.
1975 Tricolpites fissilis Couper; Jarzen & Norris pl. 1, fig. 5.
non 1975 Tricolpites sp. cf. T. fissilis Couper; Kemp pp. 606, 622-623, pl. 7, figs 5, 6.
(?) 1975 Tricolpites fissilis Couper; Norris et al. pp. 342-343, pl. 2, fig. 21.
non 1975 Psilatricolporites fissilis (Couper); Doubinger & Chotin p. 559, pl. 1, fig. 15.
non 1976 Tricolpites fissilis Couper; Potter p. 71, pl. 2, fig. 17; pl. 7, fig. 143.
non 1978 Tricolpites fissilis Couper; Mildenhall p. 663.
non 1981 Tricolpites fissilis Couper; Jingxian p. 103, pl. 2, figs 11, 12.
non 1982 Tricolpites sp. cf. T. fissilis Couper; Foster p. 12,pl. 3, fig. 2.
1983 Tricolpites fissilis Couper; Bratzeva pp. 913, 926, pl. 11, fig. 5.
1984 Tricolpites fissilis Couper; Raine p. 10.
1988 Tricolpites fissilis; Raine & Wilson p. 389.
1994 Tricolpites fissilis Couper; Mildenhall p. 89.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae.
NZ age range: Paleogene to Neogene.
Brief description: Pollen. Tricolpate.
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).