''Desmochitina'' is an extinct genus of

chitinozoa Chitinozoa (singular: chitinozoan, plural: chitinozoans) are a group of flask-shaped, organic walled marine microfossils produced by an as yet unknown organism. Common from the Ordovician to Devonian periods (i.e. the mid-Paleozoic), the millimetr ...

ns. It was described by

Alfred Eisenack Alfred Eisenack (born 13 May 1891 in Altfelde, West Prussia, died 19 April 1982 in Reutlingen) was a German paleontologist. He was a pioneer of micropaleontology and palynology. His botanical and mycological author abbreviation is "Eisenack". Ei ...

in 1931.Desmochitina
at ChitDB: Chitinozoans of Baltica.

Species

* ''Desmochitina amphorea'' Eisenack, 1931 * ''Desmochitina cocca'' Eisenack, 1931 * ''Desmochitina elongata'' Eisenack, 1958 * ''Desmochitina erinacea'' Eisenack, 1931 * ''Desmochitina grandicolla'' Eisenack, 1958 * ''Desmochitina holosphaerica'' Eisenack, 1968 * ''Desmochitina juglandiformis'' Laufeld, 1967 * ''Desmochitina minor'' Eisenack, 1931 * ''Desmochitina nodosa'' Eisenack, 1931 * ''Desmochitina ovulum'' Eisenack, 1962 * ''Desmochitina papilla'' Grahn, 1984 * ''Desmochitina piriformis'' Laufeld, 1967 * ''Desmochitina rugosa'' Eisenack, 1962

References

Prehistoric marine animals Fossil taxa described in 1931 {{Ordovician-animal-stub