IGNS taxon number: 768.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma SPORITES; Turma TRILETES; Suprasubturma ACAVATITRILETES; Subturma AZONATI; Infraturma APICULATI.
Synonymy:
1972 Verrucosisporites varians Volkheimer p. 115, pl. 4, figs 31-34.
1975 Verrucosisporites varians Volk.; Filatoff p. 59, pl. 9, figs 8-11.
1981 Verrucosisporites varians Volk.; Volkheimer & Quattrocchio pp. 424-425, pl. 2, fig. 11.
1982 Verrucosisporites varians Volk.; Volkheimer p. 168, pl. 1, fig. 4.
1988 Baculatisporites comaumensis (auct. non Cookson) Potonie; Backhouse (in part) pp. 53-54, pl. 2, fig. 10 (non figs 9, 11).
1994 Verrucosisporites varians Volk.; Beeston p. 143, fig. 26.
2001 Verrucosisporites varians; Thorn p. 281.
2002 Verrucosisporites varians Volkheimer; Sajjadi & Playford p. 31, pl. 4, figs 5, 7, 18.
2002 Verrucosisporites varians Volkheimer; Martinez et al. pp. 90-91, pl. 1, fig. 2.
2008 Verrucosisporites varians Volkheimer; Zavattieiri & Mego p. 490, figs 4.1, 4.2.
2009 Verrucosisporites varians Volkheimer; Mantle p. 28, pl. 2, fig. 4.
Natural affinity: Filicopsida.
NZ age range: Jurassic.
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".
© 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
Zealand)
Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).