Artiopoda - Agnostida - Eodiscidae
Alternative spelling: Microdiscus (Eodiscus)
Synonyms: Deltadiscus Kobayashi 1943, Microdiscus
Parent taxon: Eodiscidae according to H. B. Whittington et al. 1997
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Rasetti 1952 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dawsonia, Helepagetia, Kiskinella, Macannaia, Opsidiscus, Pagetia, Pagetides, Sinopagetia
Subtaxa: Eodiscus (Serrodiscus) Eodiscus bellimarginatus Eodiscus borealis Eodiscus punctatus Eodiscus scanicus Eodiscus simplex
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (1: New Brunswick collection), Greenland (6), Spain (1), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (3)
• Solvan of Sweden (1)
Total: 16 collections including 18 occurrences
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