Illustrations:
 de Jersey & Raine 1990, pl. 4, fig. K |
 Zhang & Grant-Mackie 2001, fig. 12L |
IGNS taxon number: 87.
Turmal classification (after Burger 1994): Anteturma SPORITES; Turma TRILETES; Suprasubturma ACAVATITRILETES; Subturma AZONATI; Infraturma APICULATI.
Synonymy:
1955 Apiculatisporites globosus Leschik p. 18, pl. 2, fig. 8.
1958 Bracteolinasporites clavatus Nilsson p. 48, pl. 3, fig. 1.
1965 Apiculatisporis globosus (Leschik) Playford & Dettmann pp. 137-138, pl. 13, figs 16-18.
1965 Apiculatisporis globosus (Leschik) Playford & Dettmann; Playford p. 183, pl. 7, figs 12, 13.
1970 Apiculatisporis globosus (Leschik) Playford & Dettmann; de Jersey p. 5, pl. 2, fig. 1.
1971 Apiculatisporis globosus (Leschik) Playford & Dettmann; de Jersey p. 5, pl. 1, fig. 4.
1971 Apiculatisporis globosus (Leschik) Playford & Dettmann; de Jersey p. 7, pl. 1, fig. 9.
1980 Apiculatisporis sp. cf. A. globosus (Leschik) Playford & Dettmann; Kumaran & Maheshwari pp. 33-36, pl. 2, figs 14, 15.
1990 Apiculatisporis sp. cf. A. globosus (Leschik) Playford & Dettmann; de Jersey & Raine p. 26, pl. 4, fig. K.
1990 Apiculatisporis globosus (Leschik) Playford & Dettmann; Farabee et al.p. 262, fig. 4(14).
1993 Apiculatisporis cf. globosus Leschik; Liu pp. 25, 34, pl. 2, fig. 13.
1997 Apiculatisporis globosus Leschik; Playford & Dettmann; Zhang & Grant-Mackie p. 15, pl. 9, fig. 14.
1998 Apiculatisporis globosus Leschik; Shang p. 444, pl. 3, figs 5, 6.
1998 Apiculatisporites globosus Leschik; Fu & Yuan p. 453, pl. 1, fig. 27.
2000 Apiculatisporites globosus Leschik; Liu p. 297, pl. 1, fig. 31.
2000 Apiculatisporis globosus Leschik; Song et al. p. 144, pl. 36, figs 16 (as cf. globosus),18, 19 (with additional synonymy).
2000 Apiculatisporites (sic.) globosus (Leschik) Playford & Dettmann; Gao et al. p. 221, pl. 6, fig. 12.
2001 Apiculatisporis globosus Leschik; Zhang & Grant-Mackie p. 608, fig. 12L.
2005 Apiculatisporites sp. cf. A. globosus (Leschik) Playford & Dettmann; Rojo & Zavattieri p. 8, 9, 14, fig. 4I.
Natural affinity: Filicopsida?.
NZ age range: Triassic.
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
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Dallwitz (1980) and Dallwitz,
Paine and Zurcher (1993, 1999) should also be cited (see
References).