Illustrations:
 Couper 1960, pl. 10, fig. 10 (holotype) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 10, fig. 11 |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 20, fig. 1a (Holotype, rephotographed) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 20, fig. 1b (Holotype, rephotographed) |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 20, fig. 2 |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 20, fig. 3a |
 Pocknall & Mildenhall 1984 pl. 20, fig. 3b |
 Mildenhall & Pocknall 1989, pl. 9, fig. 9a |
 Mildenhall & Pocknall 1989, pl. 9, fig. 9b |
 Mildenhall & Pocknall 1989, pl. 9, fig. 10 |
IGNS taxon number: 544.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma STEPHANOCOLPATES.
Synonymy:
1960 Tetracolporites sphericus Couper p. 64, pl. 10, fig. 10, 11.
1964 Tetracolporopollenites (Brecolpites) spaericus (Couper) Goczan p. 259.
1966 Tetracolporites sphericus Couper; McIntyre & Norris p. 248.
1982 Tetracolporites sphericus Couper; Mildenhall & Suggate p. 520.
1982 Tetracolporites sphericus Couper; Pocknall p. 18.
1982 Tetracolporites sphericus Couper; Pocknall p. 285.
1984 "Tetracolporites" sphericus Couper; Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 39, pl. 20, figs 1-3.
1984 Tetracolporites sphericus Couper; Raine p. 12.
1985 Tetracolporites sphericus Couper; Pocknall p. 348.
1986 Tetracolporites sphericus; Mildenhall & Pocknall pp. 7, 18, 22.
1988 'Tetracolporites' sphericus; Raine & Wilson p. 389.
1988 Tetracolporites sphericus Couper; Nelson et al. p. 31.
1989 Tetracolporites sphericus Couper; Pocknall & Turnbull p. 378.
1989 Stephanocolpites sphericus (Couper) Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 45, pl. 9, figs 9, 10.
1994 Stephanocolpites sphericus (Couper) Mildenhall & Pocknall; Macphail & Hill p. 15, pl. 5, fig. P.
1999 'Tetracolporites' sphericus Couper; Macphail p. 213, pl. 3, fig. 4.
2005 Stephanocolpites sphericus (Couper) Mildenhall & Pocknall, 1989; Bannister et al. p. 518.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: Myrsinaceae (Myrsine).
NZ age range: Paleogene to 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".
© GNS Science,
2011
ISBN 978-0-478-19871-3
ISSN 1177-2441
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version from: Publications Officer, GNS Science, P.O. Box 30368 Lower Hutt, New
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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).