Species

Ancyrochitina mullinsi Nestor, 2005

Taxon description

Nestor, V., 2005

Diagnosis. Vesicle cylindro-conical with slightly developed flexure and shoulder. The base is flat or convex and broadly rounded basal edge carries 5ñ8 appendices, branching 4ñ5 times. The neck comprises about half the total length. The oral part of the neck bears very short simple or twice branching and vertically orientated spines. The middle part of the neck is sometimes provided with gently branching solitary spine(s). The aperture is smooth or finely fringed. Vesicle wall is smooth or finely granulated.

Type specimen data
Synonymy list
2005     Ancyrochitina mullinsi sp. nov. — Nestor, V. , pp. 107, fig. Pl II, fig. 13, 14
Selection of related publications
Männik, P., Loydell, D. K., Nestor, V., Nõlvak, J. 2015. Integrated Upper Ordovician–lower Silurian biostratigraphy of the Grötlingbo-1 core section, Sweden. GFF 137, 3, 226-244. DOI:10.1080/11035897.2015.1042032
Loydell, D. K., Nestor, V., Männik, P. 2010. Integrated biostratigraphy of the lower Silurian of the Kolka-54 core, Latvia. Geological Magazine 147, 2, 253-280. DOI:10.1017/S0016756809990574
Nestor, V. 2005. Chitinozoans of the Margachitina margaritana Biozone and the Llandovery-Wenlock boundary in West Estonian drill cores. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Geology 54, 2, 87-111. DOI:10.3176/geol.2005.2.02
Occurrence in samples (CONOP)
Are 171 puurauk : 5 sample(s)
Kaugatuma 509 puurauk : 9 sample(s)
Kolka 54 puurauk : 3 sample(s)
Ohesaare puurauk : 1 sample(s)
Nässuma 825 puurauk : 4 sample(s)
Uulu 345 puurauk : 1 sample(s)
Ruhnu 500 puurauk : 5 sample(s)
Varbla 502 puurauk : 3 sample(s)
Tinuri 818 puurauk : 1 sample(s)
Viki puurauk : 6 sample(s)
Nurme puurauk : 1 sample(s)