E. Turnau et al., TAXONOMY AND STRATIGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF VERRUCOSISPORITES-NITIDUS PLAYFORD, 1964 AND RELATED SPECIES, Review of palaeobotany and palynology, 81(2-4), 1994, pp. 289-295
The taxonomy and morphological concept of the stratigraphically import
ant species Verrucosisporites nitidus are redefined. The Russian Frasn
ian miospore species Lophotriletes grumosus is no longer considered sy
nonymous with V. nitidus. The morphology of several similar Late Devon
ian and Early Carboniferous miospore species are described and compare
d. It has been established that V. nitidus, V. congestus and V. depres
sus can only be differentiated on the basis of maximum size of verruca
e. The stratigraphical distribution of these species and their zonal v
alue is described and evaluated.