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CHITINOZOA1 are microscopic, flask-like fossils of problematical affinities. They are generally black, structureless and opaque, being composed of ‘pseudochitin’, and ranging from 0.03 mm. to 1.5 mm. in length. They are bilaterally symmetrical and may be club-like, rod-like, or globular in form, the test being thin, hollow and open at one end. The surface of the test is usually smooth, but is sometimes tuberculate. Spines may be present and aggregates of up to six individuals have been recorded2.
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RHODES, F. Chitinozoa from the Ordovician Nod Glas Formation of Merioneth. Nature 192, 275–276 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192275a0
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