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Urochitina

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Classification: ct_main -> Lagenochitinidae -> Urochitininae -> Urochitina
Sister taxa: Urochitina

Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)
				Urochitina abelgensis Tear-shaped chitinozoan lacking a neck, with a pointed aboral pole ending in an appendage.
				Urochitina acietata Low, discoid chamber, long and wide neck, smooth flexural bend, strongly convex chamber walls, arrow‑shaped base, short narrow copula
				Urochitina bastosi Long cylindrical chitinozoan with an elliptic body chamber, smooth surface, long neck, and a single filiform basal appendix ending in a loop.
				Urochitina globosa Subspherical body with a short cylindrical neck bearing a ring of long spines near the aperture and an apical mucron.
				Urochitina loboi Elongate cylindro-ovoidal vesicle with short cylindrical neck and basal apparatus bearing a funnel and a process ornamented with hairs or spines.
				Urochitina santullanensis Vesicle with strongly constricted neck and shoulder, rounded chamber edge, conical base, and short transparent stolon; surface smooth.
				Urochitina simplex Ovoid-elliptical chamber with a long filiform basal process and a cylindrical neck bearing a slender collar with fine hairs.
				Urochitina verrucosa Ovoid vesicle with cylindrical neck and verrucose wall, bearing a basal process and collar with fine hairs.
				Urochitina sp. Specimens which cannot be assigned to established species

Taxonomy

Citation: Urochitina Taugourdeau & de Jekhowsky, 1960

Taxonomic rank: genus

Basionym: Urochitina Taugourdeau & de Jekhowsky, 1960

Type species: Urochitina simplex Taugourdeau & de Jekhowsky, 1960

Catalog entries: Urochitina

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Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Urochitininae): copula
This taxon: ovoid to club-like body and a peduncle on the apex.

NB These concise distinguishing features statements are used in the tables of daughter-taxa to act as quick summaries of the differences between e.g. species of one genus.
They are being edited as the site is developed and comments on them are especially welcome.

Description

Biogeography and Palaeobiology

Biostratigraphic distribution

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): at top of Late Famennian Substage (100% up, 361.8Ma, in Famennian stage). Data source: Total of ranges of the species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Ordovician Period (443.07-486.85Ma, 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

Range-bar - range as quoted above, pink interval top occurs in, green interval base occurs in.
Triangles indicate an event for which a precise placement has been suggested. Parent: Urochitininae

References:

Taugourdeau, P. & de Jekhowsky, B. (1960). Répartition et description des Chitinozoaires siluro-dévoniens de quelques sondages de la C. Revue de l'Institut Français du Pétrole et Annales des combustibles liquides. 15(9): 1199-1280. gs

Urochitina compiled by the Sonia Camino, viewed: 13-9-2026

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