Chitinozoans

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf fossil group
gptkbp:characteristic organic-walled microfossils
gptkbp:composition chitin-like organic material
gptkbp:describedBy Eisenack, 1931
gptkbp:distribution worldwide
gptkbp:firstAppearance gptkb:Ordovician_period
gptkbp:fossilRange Ordovician to Devonian
gptkbp:foundIn marine sedimentary rocks
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Chitinozoans
gptkbp:importantFor biostratigraphy
gptkbp:kingdom gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:lastAppearance gptkb:Devonian_period
gptkbp:morphologicalType flask-shaped vesicles
gptkbp:notableGenus Ancyrochitina
Belonechitina
Lagenochitina
Sphaerochitina
Spinachitina
gptkbp:phylum incertae sedis
gptkbp:possibleAffinity gptkb:protists
eggs or cysts of marine animals
gptkbp:size 50–2000 micrometers
gptkbp:studiedBy paleontologists
gptkbp:uncertainBiology exact biological affinity unknown
gptkbp:usedFor dating Paleozoic rocks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ordovician_biota
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8