Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Temnodiscidae
Synonym: Alaskadiscus Rohr et al. 2003 [replaced name]
Full reference: D. M. Rohr, J. Frýda, and R. B. Blodgett. 2013. Alaskodiscus, a new name for the Ordovician bellerophontoidean gastropod Alaskadiscus Rohr, Frýda and Blodgett, 2003. Journal of Paleontology 87(1):176-176
Parent taxon: Temnodiscidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Rohr et al. 2003 and Rohr et al. 2013
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Alaskadiscus acutus Alaskadiscus cristatus Alaskadiscus disculus Alaskadiscus giganteus Alaskadiscus hunteri Alaskadiscus laticonchus Alaskadiscus magnus Alaskadiscus maximus Alaskadiscus planissimus Alaskadiscus subacutus Alaskadiscus tenuis Alaskodiscus donensis
Type: Alaskadiscus donensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Ordovician of Canada (11: Ontario, Quebec, Québec), Norway (4), the United Kingdom (3), United States (37: Alaska, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee)
Total: 56 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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