Belonechitina is an extinct genus of chitinozoans. It was described by Jansonius in 1964. Fossils of members of this genus have been found mainly in the northern hemisphere in Canada, China, Oman, and in Western and Northern Europe.

Species

Belonechitina aspera (Nestor, 1980) Belonechitina cactacea (Eisenack, 1937) Belonechitina capitata (Eisenack, 1962) Belonechitina comma (Eisenack, 1959) Belonechitina crinita (Grahn, 1984) Belonechitina gamachiana (Achab, 1978) Belonechitina granosa (Laufeld, 1974) Belonechitina hirsuta (Laufeld, 1967) Belonechitina intonsa Nõlvak et Bauert, 2015 Belonechitina jaanussonii Grahn et Nõlvak, 2010 Belonechitina latifrons (Eisenack, 1964) Belonechitina meifodensis Mullins et Loydell, 2001 Belonechitina micracantha (Eisenack, 1931) Belonechitina oeselensis Nestor, 2005 Belonechitina pellifera (Eisenack, 1959) Belonechitina postrobusta (Nestor, 1980) Belonechitina robusta (Eisenack, 1959) Belonechitina synclinalis (Eisenack, 1965) Belonechitina villosa (Grahn, 1982)

Belonechitina

References

Prehistoric marine animals

Fossil taxa described in 1964

Paleozoic life of Quebec

Fossils of Canada

Fossils of China

Fossils of Estonia

Fossils of Latvia

Fossils of Oman

Fossils of Spain

Fossils of Great Britain

Ordovician animals

Silurian animals

Belonechitina