Angochitina

Angochitina is an extinct genus of chitinozoans. It was described by Alfred Eisenack in 1931.[1]

Angochitina
Temporal range: Ordovician-Carboniferous
~450–326 Ma
Scientific classification
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Angochitina

Eisenack 1931
Species

see text

Species

  • A. ambrosi Schweineberg, 1987
  • A. capillata Eisenack, 1937
  • A. ceratophora Eisenack, 1964
  • A. communis Jenkins, 1967
  • A. crassispina Eisenack, 1964
  • A. curvata Nõlvak et Grahn, 1993
  • A. echinata Eisenack, 1931
  • A. elongata Eisenack, 1931
  • A. filosa Eisenack, 1955
  • A. hansonica Soufiane et Achab, 2000
  • A. lebaica Eisenack, 1972
  • A. longicollis Eisenack, 1959
  • A. multiplex (Schallreuter, 1963)
  • A. paucispinosa Miller, Sutherland et Dorning, 1997
  • A. plicata Noetinger, di Pasquo & Starck 2018[2]

Fossil distribution

Fossils of Angochitina have been found in:[3]

Ordovician
  • Pirgu & Vormsi Stages, Estonia
Silurian
  • Wutubulake Formation, China
  • Kopanina & Pozary Formations, Czech Republic
  • Velise Formation, Estonia
  • Robledo Formation, Spain
  • Malinovtsy series, Ukraine
Devonian
  • northwestern Argentina[2]
  • Garra Formation, Australia
  • Lochkow Formation, Czech Republic
  • Saint-Cenere & l'Armorique Formations, France
Carboniferous
  • Second Abden Shale, United Kingdom

References

  1. Angochitina at ChitDB: Chitinozoans of Baltica
  2. Sol Noetinger; Mercedes di Pasquo; Daniel Starck (2018). "Middle-Upper Devonian palynofloras from Argentina, systematic and correlation". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. in press. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.07.009.
  3. Angochitina at Fossilworks.org
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