Paleontological data submitted as Supplementary Data to research paper published in New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. Dataset includes spore/pollen, dinoflagellate and benthic foraminifera biostratigraphic data from the Late Cretaceous and Paleocene at IODP Site U1509, New Caledonia Trough, northern Zealandia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21420/0E1D-9E89 Cite data as: Crouch, E. M., Clowes, C. D., Raine, I. J., Alegret, L., Cramwinckel, M., & Sutherland, R. (2022). Latest Cretaceous and Paleocene biostratigraphy and paleogeography of northern Zealandia, IODP Site U1509, New Caledonia Trough, southwest Pacific. [Data set]. GNS Science. https://doi.org/10.21420/0E1D-9E89

This web-based catalogue presents an entry for each of the approximately 850 species of fossil spore or pollen from the New Zealand region that are recorded in the scientific literature. The database has been compiled primarily as a reference tool for paleontologists engaged in biostratigraphic work in New Zealand pre-Pleistocene strata, and provides a snapshot of the present state of nomenclature for this group of fossils. Taxa are arranged according to a morphological classification, to which there is a key in the introductory text. For each species, a detailed synonymy lists significant nomenclatural changes, all published records from New Zealand strata, some important illustrated records from elsewhere, and records which are regarded as misidentifications. The web pages are comprehensively illustrated with previously published images of New Zealand specimens, where possible reproduced from original photographs. Brief notes on natural phylogenetic relationships are also included. DOI:https://doi.org/10.21420/RR97-M152 Cite as: Raine, J. I., Mildenhall, D. C., & Kennedy, E. M. (2011). New Zealand fossil spores and pollen: an illustrated catalogue. 4th edition. GNS Science. https://doi.org/10.21420/RR97-M152