Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 8, fig. 12 (holotype) |
 Hornibrook in Suggate et al. 1979, p. 421, fig. 7.11.9 |
 Mildenhall & Pocknall 1989, pl. 9, fig. 1 |
 Mildenhall & Pocknall 1989, pl. 9, fig. 2 |
 Mildenhall & Pocknall 1989, pl. 9, fig. 3 |
 Dettmann et al. 1990, pl. 9, fig. 2a (holotype) |
 Dettmann et al. 1990, pl. 9, fig. 2b (holotype) |
 Dettmann et al. 1990, pl. 9, fig. 2c (holotype) |
IGNS taxon number: 534.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma STEPHANOCOLPATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Nothofagus spinosus Couper p. 57, pl. 8, fig. 12.
1971 Nothofagus spinosus Couper; Mildenhall p. 194.
1974 Nothofagus spinosus; McIntyre p. 34.
1979 Nothofagus spinosus Couper; Hornibrook in Suggate et al. p. 421, fig. 7.11.9.
1982 Nothofagus spinosus (Couper); Mildenhall & Suggate pp. 520, 523.
1983 Nothofagidites spinosus Couper; Bratzeva pp. 914, 929, pl. 14, figs 6-8 (no new combination made).
1984 Nothofagidites spinosus (Couper); Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 17.
1986 Nothofagidites spinosus; Mildenhall & Pocknall pp. 7, 8, 17, 21.
1988 Nothofagidites spinosus (Couper); Nelson et al. p. 31 (no new combination made).
1989 Nothofagidites spinosus (Couper) Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 43, pl. 9, figs 1-3.
1990 Nothofagidites spinosus (Couper) Mildenhall & Pocknall; Dettmann et al. p. 41, pl. 9, fig. 2; text-fig. 3dd.
1990 Nothofagidites spinosus; Pocknall p. 150.
1992 Nothofagidites spinosus; Mildenhall et al. pp. 21, 23, 27, 44.
1993 Nothofagidites spinosus; Xinhe & Harwood p. 4.
2009 Nothofagidites sp. cf. N. spinosus (Couper) Mildenhall & Pocknall; Truswell & Macphail p. 83, fig. 135.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: Nothofagaceae (Nothofagus subg. Brassospora).
NZ age range: Neogene.
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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2011
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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).