Illustrations:
 Couper 1953, pl. 8, fig. 115 (holotype). |
 Couper 1953, pl. 8, fig. 114. |
 Couper 1953, pl. 8, fig. 118 (holotype of Tricolpites matauraensis). |
 Couper 1953, pl. 8, fig. 119 (Tricolpites matauraensis). |
 Couper 1953, pl. 9, fig. 144 (T. matauraensis). |
 Couper 1960, pl. 10, fig. 18 (holotype) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 10, fig. 20 (as Tricolpites matauraensis) |
 Couper 1960, pl. 10, fig. 21 (as Tricolpites matauraensis) |
 Hornibrook in Suggate et al. 1979, p. 421, fig. 7.11.11 (as Tricolpites matauraensis) |
 Pocknall & Crosbie 1982, fig. 1 (reillustrated) |
 Pocknall & Crosbie 1982, fig. 2 |
 Pocknall & Crosbie 1982, fig. 3 |
 Pocknall & Crosbie 1982, fig. 4 |
 Pocknall & Crosbie 1982, fig. 5 (reillustrated holotype) |
 Pocknall & Crosbie 1982, fig. 6 |
 Pocknall & Crosbie 1982, fig. 7 |
 Pocknall & Tremain 1988, fig. 4.8F |
 Pocknall in Isaac & Lindqvist 1990, fig. 128g |
 Mildenhall 1994 pl. 15, fig. 11 |
IGNS taxon number: 599.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma TRICOLPORATES.
Synonymy:
1953 Tricolpites alveolatus Couper p. 62, pl. 8, figs 114, 115.
1953 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper p. 62, pl. 8, figs 118, 119; pl. 9, fig. 144.
1954 Gunnerites reticulatus Cookson & Pike p. 201, pl. 1, fig. 18.
1960 Tricolpites alveolatus Couper; Couper p. 64, pl. 10, fig. 18.
1960 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; Couper p. 64, pl. 10, figs 20 (?), 21.
1961 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; McIntyre & Harris p. 402.
non 1961 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; Sole de Porta p. 91, pl. 5, figs 45, 47, 51 (cf.), 53 (cf.), 57.
non 1961 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; Kremp & Gerhard p. 267, pl. 1, fig. 2.
non 1964 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; Bratseva p. 1112, pl. 1, fig. 1.
non 1965 Tricolpites aff. matauraensis Couper; Bratseva p. 28, pl. 14, figs 1-3.
1966 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; McIntyre & Wilson p. 317.
non 1966 Tricolpites alveolatus Couper; Baltes p. 218.
non 1966 Tricolpites aff. matauraensis Couper; Bratseva pl. 1, fig. 68.
1966 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; McIntyre & Norris p. 244.
non 1967 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; Samoilovitch p. 132, pl. 2, fig. 19.
non 1968 Tricolporopollenites baculoferus Pflug; Elsik p. 626, pl. 15, fig. 15; pl. 25, figs 9-11; pl. 26, figs 1-4.
1968 Tricolpites alveolatus Couper; Bowen et al. p. 263.
1968 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; Bowen et al. p. 263.
non 1969 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; Bratseva pl. 31, fig. 6.
1972 Tricolpites sp. 1; Hekel p. 9, pl. 4, figs 26, 27.
1972 Tricolporites sp. 1; Hekel p. 12, pl. 4, fig. 29.
1973 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; Martin p. 40, fig. 171.
1973 Tricolporopollenites transversalis Martin p. 43, figs 189-191.
non 1974 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; Sah & Kar p. 169, pl. 2, fig. 37.
1974 Tricolpites alveolatus; McIntyre p. 34.
1974 Tricolpites matauraensis; McIntyre p. 34.
non 1975 Tricolpites sp. cf. matauraensis Couper; Hos p. 12, fig. 72.
non 1976 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; Potter p. 71, pl. 2, fig. 39; pl. 10, fig. 178.
1977 Rhoipites isoreticulatus Kemp in Kemp & Harris p. 38, pl. 6, figs 7-9, 17.
non 1978 Tricolpites cf. matauraensis Couper; Margerel et al. p. 42, pl. 22, fig. 13.
non 1978 Retitricolpites alveolatus (Couper) Sung & Zheng in Ke & Shi p. 152, pl. 55, fig. 33.
non 1978 Retitricolpites matauraensis (Couper) Sung & Zheng in Ke & Shi p. 153, pl. 56, figs 7-13, 14 (cf.), 15 (cf.).
non 1978 Retitricolpites cf. matauraensis (Couper) Sung & Zheng; Li et al. p. 40, pl. 12, fig. 1.
non 1978 Tricolpites sp. cf. T. matauraensis Couper; Kar pp. 167-168, pl. 1, fig. 18.
1978 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; Mildenhall p. 272.
1979 Tricolpites matauraensis Couper; Hornibrook in Suggate et al. p. 421, fig. 7.11.11.
1979 Tricolpites alveolatus types; Mildenhall p. 776.
non 1980 Tricolpites cf. T. matauraensis Couper; Ollivier-Pierre p. 57.
non 1981 Retitricolpites alveolatus (Couper) Song & Zheng in Song et al. p. 165, pl. 38, figs 1-4.
non 1981 Retitricolpites matauraensis(Couper) Song & Zheng in Song et al. pp. 165-166, pl. 37, figs 27, 28, 33, 34.
1982 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper); Pocknall p. 18.
1982 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie; Pocknall p. 285.
1982 'Tricolpites' alveolatus Couper; Foster p. 14, pl. 4, fig. 5.
1982 Tricolpites alveolatus/matauraensis; Mildenhall & Suggate pp. 520, 523.
1982 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie pp. 7-9, figs 1-7.
non 1983 Tricolpites alveolatus Couper; Bratzeva pp. 913, 925, pl. 10, fig. 16.
1984 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper); Pocknall & Mildenhall p. 17.
1984 Tricolpites alveolatus Couper; Raine p. 12.
non 1985 Tricolpites sp. cf. T. matauraensis Couper; Kar p. 229, pl. 39, fig. 18.
non 1985 Tricolpites alveolatus Couper; Tripathi & Singh p. 179, pl. 3, fig. 30.
non Tricolpites cf. matauraensis Couper; Yu et al. pp. 146-147, pl. 35, fig. 26.
1985 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie; Truswell et al. p. 288, figs 8G-8I.
1985 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie; Pocknall p. 348.
1986 Rhoipites alveolatus; Mildenhall & Pocknall pp. 7, 18, 21.
non 1986 Retitricolpites alveolatus (Couper) Song & Zheng; Song et al. p. 112, pl. 23, fig. 20.
non 1986 Retitricolpites matauraensis (Couper) Song & Zheng; Song et al. pp. 112-113, pl. 23, fig. 19.
1988 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper); Lindqvist & Pocknall in Pocknall & Tremain p. 41, fig. 4.8F.
1988 Rhoipites alveolatus/sphaerica/couperi group; Nelson et al. p. 31.
1989 Rhoipites alveolatus; Nelson et al. p. 364.
1989 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper); Mildenhall & Pocknall p. 27.
1989 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper); Pocknall & Turnbull p. 378.
1990 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper); Pocknall p. 148, fig. 128g.
non 1991 Retitricolpites alveolatus (Couper) Song & Zheng; Zhang & Zhan p. 228, pl. 74, fig. 15.
non 1991 Retitricolpites matauraensis (Couper) Song & Zheng; Zhang & Zhan p. 229, pl. 74, fig. 14.
non 1992 Tricolpites sp. aff. T. matauraensis Couper; Frederiksen pp. 4, 7, pl. 1, figs 16-20.
non 1992 Retitricolpites alveolatus (Couper) Song & Zheng; Zhang & Qian p. 23, pl. 5, fig. 38.
1992 Rhoipites cf. R. alveolatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie; Alley & Broadbridge p. 256, fig. 8H.
1992 Rhoipites alveolatus; Mildenhall et al. p. 27.
1993 Rhoipites sp. cf. R. isoreticulatus Kemp & Harris; Macphail & Truswell pp. 395-396, pl. 2, figs 7-14.
1994 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie; Mildenhall pp. 18, 94, pl. 15, fig. 11.
1994 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper) pok. & Crosbie; Beeston p. 153, fig. 91.
1994 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie; Macphail et al. p. 314, pl. 1, fig. m.
1995 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie; Macphail et al. p. 515, figs 22A, 22B.
1999 Rhoipites sp. cf. R. isoreticulatus Kemp & Harris; Macphail p. 227, pl. 10, figs 6, 7.
1999 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie; Macphail p. 229, 231, pl. 11, fig. 28; pl. 12, fig. 1.
non 1999 Retitricolpites alveolatus (Couper) Sung & Zheng; Song et al. p. 315, pl. 89, figs 19-21 (with additional incorrect synonymy).
non 1999 Retitricolpites matauraensis (Couper) Sung & Zheng; Song et al. p. 318, pl. 90, figs 15-17 (with additional incorrect synonymy).
non 1999 Retitricolpites cf. matauraensis (Couper) Sung & Zheng; Song et al. p. 318, pl. 90, fig. 22 (with additional incorrect synonymy).
non 2000 Retitricolpites alveolatus (Couper) Song & Zheng; Gao et al. p. 238, pl. 25, fig. 20; pl. 25, fig. 31 (as Retitricolpites matauraensis (Couper) Song & Zheng).
2002 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie; Mautino & Anzotegui pp. 275-276, figs 1S, 1T.
2005 Rhoipites alveolatus (Couper) Pocknall & Crosbie, 1982; Bannister et al. p. 517.
non 2006 Retitriletes matauraensis (Couper) Song & Zheng; Wang p. 87, fig. 9M.
non 2009 Retitricolpites alveolatus (Couper) Song & Zheng; Zhou et al. p. 238, pl. 54, fig. 13.
non 2009 Retitricolpites matauraensis (Couper) Song & Zheng; Zhou et al. p. 240, pl. 8, figs 13, 22, 23, 27.
Natural affinity: Dicotyledonae: ?Avicenniaceae (Avicennia), ?Euphorbiaceae (see Excoecaria - Norfolk Island), ?Caesalpiniaceae - Macphail 1998. Euphorbiaceae (see El-Ghazaly & Chaudhary 1993 from Mautino & Anzotegui 2002).
NZ age range: Paleogene to Neogene.
Brief description: Pollen. Tricolporate.
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.
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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).