Angochitina Explained

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

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 ^[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

Notes and References

1. http://chitinozoa.net/taxon/1125 Angochitina
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 . 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2018.07.009 . 2018RPaPa.257...95N . 134590587 . 11336/93134 . free .
3. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=2846 Angochitina