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| Spinachitina conical to sub cylindrical body bearing a crown of processes on its margin. | Spinachitina aciculata Spinachitina bulmani Spinachitina cervicornis Spinachitina coronata Spinachitina debbajae Spinachitina fossensis Spinachitina fragilis Spinachitina geerti Spinachitina harringtoni Spinachitina imperita Spinachitina maennili Spinachitina multiradiata Spinachitina penbryniensis Spinachitina singula Spinachitina suecica Spinachitina taugourdeaui Spinachitina titae Spinachitina tvaerenensis Spinachitina verniersi Spinachitina wolfarti Spinachitina sp. | ||||
Catalog entries: Spinachitininae
Original description: Diagnosis: Conochitinidae bearing a crown of simple or branched appendages on a sharp aboral margin, coinciding with the maximum diameter of the chamber; chamber cylindro-conoidal; chains are currently unknown.
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Conochitinidae): flexure inconspicuous
This taxon: processes
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): at top of Early Givetian Substage (100% up, 383.1Ma, in Givetian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Late Silurian Epoch (419.00-432.93Ma, base in Sheinwoodian 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
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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Spinachitininae compiled by the Sonia Camino, viewed: 18-6-2026
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