Angochitina

Angochitina Temporal range: Ordovician-Carboniferous ~450–326  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	incertae sedis
Class:	Chitinozoa
Genus:	†Angochitina Eisenack 1931
Species
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Angochitina is an extinct genus of chitinozoans. It was described by Alfred Eisenack in 1931. ^[1]

Species

• A. ambrosiSchweineberg, 1987
• A. capillataEisenack, 1937
• A. ceratophoraEisenack, 1964
• A. communisJenkins, 1967
• A. crassispinaEisenack, 1964
• A. curvataNõlvak et Grahn, 1993
• A. echinataEisenack, 1931
• A. elongataEisenack, 1931
• A. filosaEisenack, 1955
• A. hansonicaSoufiane et Achab, 2000
• A. lebaicaEisenack, 1972
• A. longicollisEisenack, 1959
• A. multiplex(Schallreuter, 1963)
• A. paucispinosaMiller, Sutherland et Dorning, 1997
• A. plicataNoetinger, 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. 257: 95–116. Bibcode:2018RPaPa.257...95N. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.07.009. hdl: 11336/93134 . S2CID   134590587.
3. Angochitina at Fossilworks.org