Illustrations:
 Te Punga 1948, fig. 1 |
 Couper 1953, pl. 6, fig. 82 |
 Couper 1953, pl. 6, fig. 83 (N. cf. kaitangata) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 8, fig. 5 |
 Couper 1960, pl. 8, fig. 6 |
 Wilson 1975, fig. 9 |
 Mildenhall 1977, fig. 4 (uncertain id) |
 Pocknall & Tremain 1988, fig. 6.5F |
 Dettmann et al. 1990, pl. 8, fig. 1a (lectotype) |
 Dettmann et al. 1990, pl. 8, fig. 1b (lectotype) |
 Dettmann et al. 1990, pl. 8, fig. 1c (lectotype) |
 Dettmann et al. 1990, pl. 8, fig. 1d (lectotype) |
 Mildenhall 1994 pl. 14, fig. 11 |
 Vajda & Raine 2003, fig. 7F |
 Vajda & Raine 2003, fig. 7G |
 Browne et al. 2008, fig. 11M |
 Pole & Vajda 2009, fig. 19K |
 Vajda & Raine 2010, fig. 6A |
IGNS taxon number: 529.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma STEPHANOCOLPATES.
Synonymy:
1948 Nothofagus kaitangata Te Punga pp. 34-35, fig. 1.
1953 Nothofagus kaitangata Te Punga; Couper p. 51, pl. 6, fig. 82.
1953 Nothofagus cf. kaitangata Te Punga; Couper p. 51, pl. 6, fig. 83 (Middle Ohai group specimens only).
1960 Nothofagus kaitangata Te Punga; Couper p. 56, pl. 8, figs 5, 6.
1973 Nothofagidites kaitangata (Te Punga) Romero pp. 297-298, pl. 2, figs 1-3.
1974 (?) Nothofagus kaitangata Te Punga; Archangelsky & Romero pp. 15-16, pl. 1, fig. 4.
1975 Nothofagidites kaitangata (Te Punga); Wilson pp. 1032-1035, pl. 1, fig. 9.
non 1975 Nothofagidites kaitangatus Te Punga; Menendez & Caccavari de Filice pp. 178-179, pl. 2, figs 6-8.
1978 (?) cf. Nothofagidites kaitangata (Te Punga); Mildenhall pp. 664-665, fig. 4.
1984 Nothofagus kaitangata Te Punga; Raine p. 10.
1988 Nothafagidites [sic.] cf. cranwellae (Couper) Potonie; Mao p. 252, pl. 2, fig. 12.
1988 Nothofagidites kaitangataensis (Couper); Pocknall & Tremain p. 71, fig. 6.5F.
1989 Nothofagidites cf. N. kaitangatus (Te Punga); Mildenhall p. 120, pl. 1, fig. 5.
1989 Nothofagidites kaitangatus (Te Punga); Mildenhall p. 120, pl. 1, fig. 8.
1989 Nothofagus kaitangata; Browne & MacKinnon text-figs 8-13.
1990 Nothofagidites kaitangataensis (Te Punga) Romero; Dettmann et al. p. 36, pl. 8, fig. 1.; text-figs 3t, 7.
1994 Nothofagidites kaitangataensis (Te Punga) Romero; Mildenhall pp. 13 (cf.), 17, 91, pl. 14, fig. 11.
1997 Nothofagidites kaitangataensis; Romero & Zamaloa pp. 209-210, 212-213, fig. 1,
2003 Nothofagidites kaitangata (Te Punga) Romero; Vajda & Raine p. 263, figs 7F, 7H.
2008 Nothofagidites kaitangata (Te Punga) Romero; Browne et al. p. 309, fig. 11M.
2009 Nothofagidites kaitangata (Te Punga) Romero; Pole & Vajda p. 934, fig. 19K.
2010 Nothofagidites kaitangata; Vajda & Raine p. 368, fig. 6A.
Note: Orthography of the species name has been various. The epithet is based on the placename "Kaitangata" - a Māori word which can be translated as "cannibal". We have retained Te Punga's original spelling.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: Nothofagaceae (Nothofagus).
NZ age range: Cretaceous.
Brief description: Pollen. Stephanocolpate.
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).