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| Urochitina ovoid to club-like body and a peduncle on the apex. | Urochitina abelgensis Urochitina acietata Urochitina bastosi Urochitina globosa Urochitina loboi Urochitina santullanensis Urochitina simplex Urochitina verrucosa Urochitina sp. | ||||
Catalog entries: Urochitininae
Original description: Diagnosis: Lagenochitinidae with an ovoid, smooth vesicle; neck sometimes ornamented (with simple or anastomosed hairs); copula shaped like a peduncle, very elongated; chains fairly fragile.
Distinguishing features:
Parent taxon (Lagenochitinidae): flexure conspicuous
This taxon: copula
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
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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Urochitininae compiled by the Sonia Camino, viewed: 10-6-2026
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