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Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)![]() | Granddaughter taxa | ||||
| Desmochitininae glabrous | |||||
| Cutichitininae sleeve | |||||
| Pterochitininae carina | |||||
| Margachitininae copula | |||||
| Einsenackitininae spiny | |||||
| Orbichitininae processes | |||||
Catalog entries: Desmochitinidae
Original description: Family Desmochitinidae, new family (=Chain.)
Several bubble- or bottle-shaped individuals are united into a chain-like colony. The terminal vesicle, called the primary vesicle, has a distinct base (possibly an attachment disc?) and thus a shape that differs from the rest.
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (ct_main):
This taxon: no neck
Emended description:
This family includes four subfamilies: Desmochitininae, Margachitininae, Eisenackitininae, and Pterochitininae.
Paris, 1981
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): at top of Late Devonian Period (100% up, 359.3Ma, in Early Carboniferous stage). Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Early Ordovician Epoch (471.26-486.85Ma, base in Tremadocian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of species in this database
Plot of occurrence data:
NB The ranges given for genera and higher taxa are the total ranges of species included in that taxon in this database - so the true total range of the taxon will usually be longer
Eisenack, A. (1931). Neue Mikrofossilien des baltischen Silurs. I. Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 13(1): 74-118. gs Paris, F. (1981a). Les Chitinozoaires dans le Paléozoïque du Sud-Ouest de l'Europe: Cadre géologique, étude systématique, biostratigraphie. Memoires de la Societe Geologique et Mineralogique de Bretagne. 26: 1-412. gsReferences:

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Desmochitinidae compiled by the Sonia Camino, viewed: 8-6-2026
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