Douvillinella

Douvillinella is an extinct genus of prehistoric brachiopods in the extinct family Douvillinidae. Species are from the Devonian of the Czech Republic and Germany. C. elegans (also spelled Crinostrophia elegans) is found only at Arauz Formation, Lezna Member, Palencia Province, North Spain (Devonian of Spain).^[3]

Douvillinella Temporal range: 409.1–382.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	†Strophomenata
Order:	†Strophomenida
Family:	†Douvillinidae
Subfamily:	†Protodouvillininae
Genus:	†Douvillinella Spriestersbach, 1925[1]
Subgenera and species
Subgenera †Douvillinella (Crinistrophia) †Douvillinella (Douvilinella) Species † Douvillinella (Crinistrophia) elegans (syn †Crinistrophia elegans Drevermann, 1902) †Douvillinella filifer †Douvillinella variabilis (Calvin)
Synonyms
Crinistrophia Havlíček, 1967[2]

See also

• List of brachiopod genera

References

1. Die Oberkoblenzschichten des Bergischen Landes und Sauerlandes. Jb. preuß. geol. L. J Spriestersbach A, 1925
2. Brachiopoda of the suborder Strophomenidina in Czechoslovakia. V Havlíček, 1967
3. Silur und Devon im Arauz-Gebiet (Prov. Palencia, N-Spanien). H. Jahnke, A. Henn, H. Mader and J. Schweineberg, 1983, Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 13(1), pages 40-66, doi:10.1127/nos/13/1983/40

• H. Jahnke. 1971. Fauna und Alter der Erbslochgrauwacke (Brachiopoden und Trilobiten, Unter-Devon, Rheinisches Schiefergebirge und Harz. Goettinger Arbeiten zur Geologie und Palaeontologie 9:1-105

External links

• "Douvillinella". The Encyclopedia of Life.
• "Douvillinella". Paleobiology Database.
• Crinostrophia elegans at fossilworks