Chitinozoa

Chitinozoans
Class Chitinozoa Eisenack, 1931

et: kitiinikud; fi: kitinotsooat;

Taxon ID: 34 / 2013-11-03
Belongs to: Animalia
Contains: Operculatifera | Prosomatifera
Stratigraphic range: Ordovician – Devonian | ~ 488,3–354,0 Ma
Baltoscandian species (in database): 244

List of Baltoscandian species (may not be complete, up to 1000 species displayed)

  1. Acanthochitina barbata | Vormsi Stage
  2. Ancyrochitina ancyrea | Pirgu Stage → Jaagarahu Stage
  3. Ancyrochitina ansarviensis | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  4. Ancyrochitina bifurcaspina | Juuru Stage → Raikküla Stage
  5. Ancyrochitina bornholmensis | Oandu Stage
  6. Ancyrochitina brevispinosa | Paadla Stage → Kuressaare Stage
  7. Ancyrochitina clathrospinosa | Jaani Stage → Jaagarahu Stage
  8. Ancyrochitina convexa | Raikküla Stage
  9. Ancyrochitina diabolus | Paadla Stage → Kuressaare Stage
  10. Ancyrochitina digitata | Jaani Stage
  11. Ancyrochitina fragilis | Kaugatuma Stage
  12. Ancyrochitina gogginensis | Paadla Stage
  13. Ancyrochitina gutnica | Jaagarahu Stage → Paadla Stage
  14. Ancyrochitina laevaensis | Juuru Stage
  15. Ancyrochitina longispina | Llandovery
  16. Ancyrochitina mullinsi | Adavere Stage
  17. Ancyrochitina paulaspina | Jaani Stage → Jaagarahu Stage
  18. Ancyrochitina pedavis | Kuressaare Stage → Kaugatuma Stage
  19. Ancyrochitina plurispinosa | Jaagarahu Stage
  20. Ancyrochitina porrectaspina | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  21. Ancyrochitina primitiva | Adavere Stage → Kaugatuma Stage
  22. Ancyrochitina ramosaspina | Raikküla Stage
  23. Ancyrochitina rumbaensis | Adavere Stage
  24. Ancyrochitina tomentosa | Kaugatuma Stage
  25. Ancyrochitina vikiensis | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  26. Angochitina ambrosi | Paadla Stage
  27. Angochitina capillata | Oandu Stage → Pirgu Stage
  28. Angochitina ceratophora | Kuressaare Stage → Kaugatuma Stage
  29. Angochitina communis | Keila Stage
  30. Angochitina crassispina | Paadla Stage
  31. Angochitina curvata | Haljala Stage
  32. Angochitina echinata | Paadla Stage → Kuressaare Stage
  33. Angochitina elongata | Paadla Stage
  34. Angochitina filosa | Kaugatuma Stage
  35. Angochitina hansonica | Adavere Stage
  36. Angochitina lebaica | Kaugatuma Stage
  37. Angochitina longicollis | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  38. Angochitina multiplex | Keila Stage
  39. Angochitina paucispinosa | Kuressaare Stage
  40. Anthochitina primula | Adavere Stage
  41. Armoricochitina granulifera | Haljala Stage
  42. Armoricochitina reticulifera | Nabala Stage
  43. Baltochitina delicata | Aseri Stage
  44. Baltochitina nolvaki | Lasnamägi Stage
  45. Belonechitina aspera | Juuru Stage → Raikküla Stage
  46. Belonechitina cactacea | Lasnamägi Stage → Vormsi Stage
  47. Belonechitina capitata | Uhaku Stage → Rakvere Stage
  48. Belonechitina comma | Uhaku Stage → Nabala Stage
  49. Belonechitina crinita | Kunda Stage → Uhaku Stage
  50. Belonechitina gamachiana | Porkuni Stage
  51. Belonechitina granosa | Paadla Stage → Kuressaare Stage
  52. Belonechitina hirsuta | Haljala Stage
  53. Belonechitina intonsa | Kukruse Stage
  54. Belonechitina jaanussonii | Haljala Stage
  55. Belonechitina latifrons | Paadla Stage
  56. Belonechitina meifodensis | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  57. Belonechitina micracantha | Lasnamägi Stage → Porkuni Stage
  58. Belonechitina oeselensis | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  59. Belonechitina pellifera | Lasnamägi Stage → Uhaku Stage
  60. Belonechitina postrobusta | Juuru Stage
  61. Belonechitina robusta | Haljala Stage → Nabala Stage
  62. Belonechitina synclinalis | Lasnamägi Stage → Vormsi Stage
  63. Belonechitina villosa | Oandu Stage → Vormsi Stage
  64. Belonechitina wesenbergensis brevis | Rakvere Stage → Pirgu Stage
  65. Belonechitina wesenbergensis elongata | Nabala Stage → Pirgu Stage
  66. Bursachitina bursa | Kaugatuma Stage
  67. Bursachitina conica | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  68. Bursachitina nana | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  69. Bursachitina nestorae | Adavere Stage
  70. Bursachitina umbilicata | Pirgu Stage → Porkuni Stage
  71. Calpichitina acollaris | Jaani Stage → Jaagarahu Stage
  72. Calpichitina complanata | Kunda Stage → Pirgu Stage
  73. Calpichitina densa | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  74. Calpichitina lata | Haljala Stage → Vormsi Stage
  75. Calpichitina lecaniella | Kukruse Stage → Haljala Stage
  76. Calpichitina opaca | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  77. Calpichitina velata | Kaugatuma Stage → Ohesaare Stage
  78. Cingulochitina baltica | Jaagarahu Stage → Paadla Stage
  79. Cingulochitina bouniensis | Jaani Stage
  80. Cingulochitina cingulata | Jaagarahu Stage → Rootsiküla Stage
  81. Cingulochitina convexa | Rootsiküla Stage → Kuressaare Stage
  82. Cingulochitina crassa | Jaagarahu Stage → Rootsiküla Stage
  83. Cingulochitina gorstyensis | Rootsiküla Stage → Kuressaare Stage
  84. Clathrochitina clathrata | Jaagarahu Stage
  85. Conochitina acuminata | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  86. Conochitina alargada | Raikküla Stage → Adavere Stage
  87. Conochitina argillophila | Jaagarahu Stage
  88. Conochitina armillata | Jaani Stage → Jaagarahu Stage
  89. Conochitina clavaherculi | Lasnamägi Stage → Uhaku Stage
  90. Conochitina claviformis | Jaani Stage → Paadla Stage
  91. Conochitina conulus | Lasnamägi Stage → Kukruse Stage
  92. Conochitina cribrosa | Jaagarahu Stage
  93. Conochitina cucumis | Billingen Stage → Volkhov Stage
  94. Conochitina decipiens | Middle Ordovician
  95. Conochitina dolosa | Uhaku Stage → Keila Stage
  96. Conochitina edjelensis | Raikküla Stage → Adavere Stage
  97. Conochitina elegans | Uhaku Stage
  98. Conochitina elongata | Raikküla Stage → Adavere Stage
  99. Conochitina emmastensis | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  100. Conochitina flamma | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  101. Conochitina fortis | Jaagarahu Stage
  102. Conochitina iklaensis | Juuru Stage → Adavere Stage
  103. Conochitina incerta | Nabala Stage → Vormsi Stage
  104. Conochitina leptosoma | Adavere Stage → Jaagarahu Stage
  105. Conochitina leviscapulae | Adavere Stage
  106. Conochitina linearistriata | Jaagarahu Stage
  107. Conochitina malleus | Raikküla Stage → Adavere Stage
  108. Conochitina mamilla | Jaani Stage
  109. Conochitina micracantha | Lasnamägi Stage → Porkuni Stage
  110. Conochitina minnesotensis | Uhaku Stage → Porkuni Stage
  111. Conochitina pachycephala | Jaagarahu Stage → Paadla Stage
  112. Conochitina postarmillata | Paadla Stage
  113. Conochitina postproboscifera nom. nudum | Jaagarahu Stage
  114. Conochitina praeproboscifera | Adavere Stage
  115. Conochitina primitiva | Hunneberg Stage → Kukruse Stage
  116. Conochitina proboscifera | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  117. Conochitina rara | Raikküla Stage
  118. Conochitina robusta | Haljala Stage → Nabala Stage
  119. Conochitina rudda | Rootsiküla Stage → Paadla Stage
  120. Conochitina rugata | Pirgu Stage
  121. Conochitina savalaensis | Kukruse Stage
  122. Conochitina scabra | Porkuni Stage → Juuru Stage
  123. Conochitina subcyatha | Jaagarahu Stage
  124. Conochitina tigrina | Uhaku Stage → Haljala Stage
  125. Conochitina tuba | Jaani Stage → Paadla Stage
  126. Conochitina tuberculata | Uhaku Stage → Kukruse Stage
  127. Conochitina viruana | Kukruse Stage
  128. Conochitina visbyensis | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  129. Cyathochitina angusta | Oandu Stage → Nabala Stage
  130. Cyathochitina calix | Volkhov Stage → Raikküla Stage
  131. Cyathochitina campanulaeformis | Kunda Stage → Raikküla Stage
  132. Cyathochitina costata | Rakvere Stage → Porkuni Stage
  133. Cyathochitina giraffa | Kukruse Stage → Haljala Stage
  134. Cyathochitina hunderumensis | Kunda Stage
  135. Cyathochitina jagovalensis | Billingen Stage → Uhaku Stage
  136. Cyathochitina kuckersiana | Lasnamägi Stage → Adavere Stage
  137. Cyathochitina latipatagium | Haljala Stage → Nabala Stage
  138. Cyathochitina patagiata | Haljala Stage → Nabala Stage
  139. Cyathochitina primitiva | Hunneberg Stage → Keila Stage
  140. Cyathochitina regnelli | Kunda Stage
  141. Cyathochitina sebyensis | Aseri Stage → Lasnamägi Stage
  142. Cyathochitina? clepsydra |
  143. Desmochitina amphorea | Kunda Stage → Keila Stage
  144. Desmochitina cocca | Kunda Stage → Keila Stage
  145. Desmochitina elongata | Lasnamägi Stage → Haljala Stage
  146. Desmochitina erinacea | Kunda Stage → Keila Stage
  147. Desmochitina grandicolla | Kunda Stage → Lasnamägi Stage
  148. Desmochitina holosphaerica | Uhaku Stage → Keila Stage
  149. Desmochitina juglandiformis | Keila Stage → Oandu Stage
  150. Desmochitina minor | Lasnamägi Stage → Porkuni Stage
  151. Desmochitina nodosa | Haljala Stage → Keila Stage
  152. Desmochitina ovulum | Aseri Stage → Haljala Stage
  153. Desmochitina papilla | Volkhov Stage
  154. Desmochitina piriformis | Lasnamägi Stage → Haljala Stage
  155. Desmochitina rugosa | Aseri Stage → Keila Stage
  156. Eisenackitina barrandei | Kuressaare Stage → Kaugatuma Stage
  157. Eisenackitina causiata | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  158. Eisenackitina clunensis | Paadla Stage → Kaugatuma Stage
  159. Eisenackitina dolioliformis | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  160. Eisenackitina elongata | Kuressaare Stage
  161. Eisenackitina inanulifera | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  162. Eisenackitina intermedia | Paadla Stage → Kaugatuma Stage
  163. Eisenackitina invenusta | Jaani Stage → Ohesaare Stage
  164. Eisenackitina kerria | Kaugatuma Stage
  165. Eisenackitina lagena | Paadla Stage
  166. Eisenackitina lagenicula | Ohesaare Stage
  167. Eisenackitina lagenomorpha | Paadla Stage → Ohesaare Stage
  168. Eisenackitina oviformis | Kuressaare Stage → Ohesaare Stage
  169. Eisenackitina philipi | Paadla Stage → Kuressaare Stage
  170. Eisenackitina rhenana | Uhaku Stage → Haljala Stage
  171. Eisenackitina spongiosa | Jaagarahu Stage
  172. Euconochitina conulus | Uhaku Stage → Kukruse Stage
  173. Euconochitina electa | Juuru Stage → Raikküla Stage
  174. Euconochitina primitiva | Hunneberg Stage → Keila Stage
  175. Euconochitina symmetrica | Hunneberg Stage
  176. Fungochitina fungiformis | Keila Stage → Nabala Stage
  177. Fungochitina kosovensis | Kaugatuma Stage → Ohesaare Stage
  178. Fungochitina pistilliformis | Kaugatuma Stage
  179. Fungochitina spinifera | Oandu Stage → Nabala Stage
  180. Halochitina retracta |
  181. Lagenochitina baltica | Rakvere Stage → Porkuni Stage
  182. Lagenochitina cylindrica | Oandu Stage → Nabala Stage
  183. Lagenochitina dalbyensis | Haljala Stage
  184. Lagenochitina deunffi | Haljala Stage
  185. Lagenochitina esthonica | Volkhov Stage → Kunda Stage
  186. Lagenochitina longiformis | Hunneberg Stage
  187. Lagenochitina prussica | Nabala Stage → Pirgu Stage
  188. Lagenochitina tumida | Aseri Stage → Lasnamägi Stage
  189. Laufeldochitina stentor | Uhaku Stage → Kukruse Stage
  190. Laufeldochitina striata | Lasnamägi Stage → Kukruse Stage
  191. Linochitina odiosa | Jaagarahu Stage
  192. Margachitina banwyensis | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  193. Margachitina margaritana | Adavere Stage → Jaagarahu Stage
  194. Margachitina poculum | Kaugatuma Stage
  195. Pistillachitina elegans | Keila Stage → Oandu Stage
  196. Pistillachitina pistillifrons | Aseri Stage → Lasnamägi Stage
  197. Plectochitina magna | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  198. Plectochitina nodifera | Juuru Stage
  199. Plectochitina obuti | Jaagarahu Stage
  200. Plectochitina pachyderma | Jaani Stage → Rootsiküla Stage
  201. Plectochitina ralphi | Adavere Stage
  202. Plectochitina spongiosa | Juuru Stage → Raikküla Stage
  203. Pterochitina macroptera | Jaani Stage
  204. Pterochitina perivelata | Kuressaare Stage → Kaugatuma Stage
  205. Pterochitina retracta | Lasnamägi Stage → Uhaku Stage
  206. Ramochitina angusta | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  207. Ramochitina cornuta |
  208. Ramochitina costata | Jaagarahu Stage
  209. Ramochitina martinssoni | Jaagarahu Stage
  210. Ramochitina militaris | Rootsiküla Stage
  211. Ramochitina nestorae | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  212. Ramochitina ruhnuensis | Adavere Stage → Jaani Stage
  213. Ramochitina spinipes | Paadla Stage
  214. Ramochitina spinosa | Jaagarahu Stage
  215. Ramochitina swifti | Paadla Stage
  216. Ramochitina tabernaculifera | Jaagarahu Stage → Rootsiküla Stage
  217. Ramochitina uncinata | Jaagarahu Stage
  218. Ramochitina valbyttiensis | Jaagarahu Stage
  219. Ramochitina valladolitana | Paadla Stage
  220. Ramochitina villosa | Paadla Stage → Kuressaare Stage
  221. Rhabdochitina gracilis | Kunda Stage → Porkuni Stage
  222. Rhabdochitina magna | Aseri Stage → Porkuni Stage
  223. Rhabdochitina sera | Jaagarahu Stage → Rootsiküla Stage
  224. Saharochitina fungiformis | Keila Stage → Vormsi Stage
  225. Salopochitina filifera | Kaugatuma Stage
  226. Sphaerochitina acanthifera | Paadla Stage → Kaugatuma Stage
  227. Sphaerochitina concava | Rootsiküla Stage
  228. Sphaerochitina dubia | Paadla Stage
  229. Sphaerochitina impia | Paadla Stage
  230. Sphaerochitina indecora | Jaagarahu Stage → Rootsiküla Stage
  231. Sphaerochitina lycoperdoides | Rootsiküla Stage
  232. Sphaerochitina scanicus | Paadla Stage
  233. Sphaerochitina sphaerocephala | Kuressaare Stage → Ohesaare Stage
  234. Spinachitina cervicornis | Haljala Stage → Oandu Stage
  235. Spinachitina coronata | Nabala Stage → Porkuni Stage
  236. Spinachitina fragilis | Juuru Stage
  237. Spinachitina maennili | Raikküla Stage
  238. Spinachitina multiradiata | Haljala Stage → Oandu Stage
  239. Spinachitina suecica | Uhaku Stage → Keila Stage
  240. Spinachitina taugourdeaui | Pirgu Stage → Porkuni Stage
  241. Spinachitina tvaerensis | Kukruse Stage
  242. Tanuchitina anticostiensis | Pirgu Stage
  243. Tanuchitina bergstroemi | Vormsi Stage → Pirgu Stage
  244. Tanuchitina tallinnensis | Aseri Stage → Uhaku Stage

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Selection of related publications

  • Stouge et al., 2015. Upper Middle to lower Upper Ordovician chitinozoan and conodont biostratigraphy from the Bliudziai-150 drillcore, southern Lithuania
  • Goldman et al., 2015. Middle to Late Ordovician graptolite and chitinozoan biostratigraphy of the Kandava-25 drill core in western Latvia [DOI]
  • Männik et al., 2015. Integrated Upper Ordovician–lower Silurian biostratigraphy of the Grötlingbo-1 core section, Sweden [DOI]
  • Nõlvak & Bauert, G., 2015. New biostratigraphically important chitinozoans from the Kukruse Regional Stage, Upper Ordovician of Baltoscandia [DOI]
  • Bauert, G. et al., 2014. Chitinozoan biostratigraphy in the Haljala Regional Stage, Upper Ordovician: a high-resolution approach from NE Estonia [DOI]
  • Pouille et al., 2013. Chitinozoan biostratigraphy across the Katian (Late Ordovician) GICE event in the Borenshult-1 drillcore (Sweden) [DOI]
  • Nõlvak, 2012. A new chitinozoan species from the Middle Ordovician of Estonia [DOI]
  • Nestor, V., 2011 . Chitinozoan biostratigraphy of the Přidoli Series of the East Baltic [DOI]
  • Nõlvak, 2010. Distribution of Ordovician chitinozoans
  • Tammekänd et al., 2010. Chitinozoan dynamics and biostratigraphy in the Väo Formation (Darriwilian) of the Uuga Cliff, Pakri Peninsula, NW Estonia [DOI]
  • Loydell et al., 2010. Integrated biostratigraphy of the lower Silurian of the Kolka-54 core, Latvia [DOI]
  • Nestor, V., 2010. Distribution of Silurian chitinozoans
  • Grahn & Nõlvak, 2010. Swedish Ordovician Chitinozoa and biostratigraphy: a review and new data
  • Nestor, V., 2009a. Biostratigraphy of the Ludlow chitinozoans from East Baltic drill cores [DOI]
  • Nõlvak, 2008. Distribution of Ordovician chitinozoans
  • Kaljo et al., 2008a. The succesion of Hirnantian events based on data from Baltica: brachiopods, chitinozoans, conodonts, and carbon isotopes [DOI]
  • Nõlvak, 2007. A new chitinozoan species from the Upper Ordovician of the East Baltic
  • Rubel et al., 2007. Lower Silurian biostratigraphy of the Viirelaid core, western Estonia [DOI]
  • Nestor, V., 2007. Chitinozoans in the Wenlock-Ludlow boundary beds of the East Baltic
  • Grahn & Nõlvak, 2007a. Remarks on older Ordovician Chitinozoa and biostratigraphy of the Oslo Region, southern Norway [DOI]
  • Nõlvak & Bauert, G., 2006. Distribution of Ordovician chitinozoans