Illustrations:
 Couper 1953, pl. 2, fig. 19 (holotype). |
 Couper 1960, pl. 2, fig. 5 (holotype) |
 Mildenhall 1994 pl.8, fig. 4 (cf.) |
IGNS taxon number: 71.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma SPORITES; Turma TRILETES; Suprasubturma ACAVATITRILETES; Subturma AZONATI; Infraturma LAEVIGATI.
Synonymy:
1953 Trilites fragilis Couper p. 30, pl. 2, fig. 19.
1959 Punctatisporites fragilis (Couper) Krutzsch p. 67.
1960 Trilites fragilis Couper; Couper p. 41, pl. 2, fig. 5.
1978 Trilites fragilis Couper; Mildenhall p. 661.
1984 Trilites fragilis Couper; Raine p. 10.
1989 Trilites fragilis; Browne & MacKinnon text-figs 11-13.
1994 Trilites sp. cf. T. fragilis Couper; Mildenhall pp. 12, 67-68, pl. 8, fig. 4.
Natural affinity: Filicopsida?; e.g. Osmundaceae (smooth, spherical, thin walled types), fossil Todites williamsii (Brongn.), T. princeps (Presl.) Gothan.
NZ age range: Cretaceous.
Brief description: Spore. Trilete.
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).