Illustrations:
 Raine in Landis et al. 1999, fig.1D |
IGNS taxon number: 809.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma POLLENITES; Turma SACCITES; Subturma POLYSACCITES.
Synonymy:
1961 Podosporites variabilis Dev p. 52, pl. 7, fig. 55.
1964 Pinuspollenites sp.; Levet-Carette p. 279, pl. 11, fig. 8.
1964 Podosporites sp. A. de Jersey & Paten p. 52, pl. 7, fig. 7.
1968 Trisaccites variabilis (Dev) Haskell pp. 235-236, pl. 2, figs 16, 17.
1969 Podosporites sp.; Reiser & Williams p. 15, pl. 6, figs 9, 10.
1971 Trisaccites variabilis (Dev) Haskell; de Jersey p. 16, pl. 5, fig. 1.
1975 Podosporites castellanosii (Menendez) Filatoff pp. 79-80, pl. 23, fig. 5-9.
1980 Michrocachryidites antarcticus auct. non Cookson; Burger p. 64, pl. 18, fig. 7 (in part, non figs 8, 9).
1999 Podosporites variabilis Dev; Landis et al. pp. 276, 278, fig. 1D.
2001 Podosporites variabilis; Thorn p. 282.
2002 Podosporites variabilis Dev; Sajjadi & Playford p. 130, pl. 6, figs 11, 12.
2006 Podosporites variabilis Dev; Musumeci et al. p. 96, fig. 3j.
2007 Podosporites variabilis Dev; Ribecai p. 8, pl. 1, fig. 6.
2009 Podosporites variabilis Dev; Mantle p. 41, pl. 5, fig. 11.
2009 Podosporites variabilis Dev; Truswell & Macphail p. 75, fig. 76.
Natural affinity: Gymnospermopsida.
NZ age range: Jurassic.
Brief description: Saccate pollen. Trisaccate.
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).