''Margachitina'' 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 millimet ...

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 1968.Margachitina
at ChitDB: Chitinozoans of Baltica.

Species

* ''Margachitina banwyensis'' Mullins, 2000 * ''Margachitina margaritana'' (Eisenack, 1937) * ''Margachitina poculum'' (Collinson & Schwalb, 1955)

References

Prehistoric marine animals Fossil taxa described in 1968 {{Ordovician-animal-stub