Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Temnodiscidae
Alternative combination: Alaskadiscus donensis
Full reference: D. M. Rohr, J. Frýda, and R.B. Blodgett. 2003. Alaskadiscus, a new bellerophontoidean gastropod from the Upper Ordovician of the York and Farewell terranes of Alaska. Short notes on Alaska geology 2003, Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 120:95-99
Belongs to Alaskodiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Rohr et al. 2003 and Rohr et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Alaskadiscus planissimus, Alaskadiscus magnus, Alaskadiscus acutus, Alaskadiscus cristatus, Alaskadiscus tenuis, Alaskadiscus giganteus, Alaskadiscus maximus, Alaskadiscus disculus, Alaskadiscus laticonchus, Alaskadiscus subacutus, Alaskadiscus hunteri
Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM 32023. Lone Mountain Area, McGrath C-4 Quadrangle, which is in a Richmondian carbonate limestone in the Telsitna Formation of Alaska.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (4: Alaska collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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