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Discinisca

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Discinisca Gray
1904Discinisca Martin p. 402
1944Discinisca Hertlein and Grant IV p. 23
1999Discinisca Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 14
2000Discinisca Williams et al. p. 86
2002Discinisca Sepkoski
2023Discinisca Pérez et al. p. 206

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumLinguliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classLingulataGorjansky and Popov 1985
orderDiscinidaKuhn 1949
superfamilyDiscinaceaGray 1840
familyDisciniidae(Gray 1840)
genusDisciniscaGray 1840

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Discinisca Gray 1840
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†Discinisca circularis Gabb 1864
†Discinisca conviva Gerassimov 1955
†Discinisca cumingii Broderip 1833
†Discinisca cumingii hannibali Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
†Discinisca fallens Wood 1874
†Discinisca holdeni Tate 1867
†Discinisca infraoolithica Rolliere 1829
†Discinisca jenkinsi Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
†Discinisca kamikatetuensis Yabe and Hatai 1935
Discinisca laevis Sowerby 1822
Discinisca lamellosa Broderip 1834
†Discinisca loeli Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
†Discinisca lugubris Conrad 1834
†Discinisca messii Pérez et al. 2023
†Discinisca perrini Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
†Discinisca porvenir Pérez et al. 2023
†Discinisca scutellum Dreger 1889
†Discinisca steiningeri Radwanska and Radwanski 1989
Discinisca strigata Broderip 1834
†Discinisca yaroslavensis Gerassimov 1955
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. E. Pérez et al. 2023Shell dorsibiconvex to convexconcave, subcircular; ornamentation of fine growth lines that may become lamellose peripherally, with or without fine ribs; ventral valve with large depressed area around pedicle track, internally with small triangular median septum extending posteriorly from aprex on to listrium; lophophore in recent forms spirolophous (from williams et al., 2000: 86)
Measurements
partNmean
valve height14.50

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 19:50:46
Modified: 2009-06-11 21:50:46
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Emsian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 410.62000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 387.95 Ma

Collections (120 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Ghana D. sp. (35605)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Utah) D. sp. (62972)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria Discina discoides (136965)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Hungary D. sp. (40617)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) D. discoides (66100)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Germany D. sp. (45422)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Hungary D. calymene (23869)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (Yorkshire) D. sp. (219461)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) D. sp. (204158)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Greenland D. sp. (162102)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) D. holdeni (29235 29237)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) D. holdeni (204129)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) D. holdeni (159163)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Greenland D. sp. (161976 162271)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) D. holdeni (159799)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) D. holdeni (204124 204126)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland D. sp. (162088)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom D. papyracea (213988 213990 213998 214001)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Portugal (Coimbra) D. sp. (211064)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4United Kingdom D. papyracea (214002 214003 214005 214006)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7United Kingdom (England) D. infraoolithica (90460)
Aalenian - Toarcian174.7 - 174.7Norway D. spisbergensis (169538)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Chile (Atacama) D. sp. (221833)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Ulyanovsk) D. conviva (169909) D. yaroslavensis (169915)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Chile (Ovalle) D. sp. (222422)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Chile (Huasco) D. sp. (223283)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Chile (Copiapó) D. sp. (223016)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) D. sp. (2735 2737 2790 2791)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) D. sp. (3086)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) D. sp. (53487)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Arizona) D. sp. (3208 3210 3212 3213 3214 3215 3216 3217)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Colorado) D. sp. (2801 3071 3072)
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand D. sp. (52447)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Washington) D. sp. (198636)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (California) D. sp. (52803 52817)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany D. fallens (233115 233116 233118 233119 233120)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (California) D. sp. (52418)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany D. fallens (233318 233319 233320 233321 233322 233323)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Austria D. steiningeri (163576)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (New Jersey) D. lugubris (59335 59337 59364)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina D. porvenir (201438)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Chubut) D. messii (203130) D. porvenir, D. messii (234532)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) D. sp. (238140 238191 238239 238241)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile D. sp. (78428)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) D. cumingi (214405) D. sp. (195081)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina (Chubut) D. porvenir (45886)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Austria Discina scutellum (153687)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland D. sp. (233126 233127 233128 233129)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Belgium D. fallens (208831)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) D. lugubris (79104 79105 79106 79107 79110 79111 79352 79353) D. lugubrius (79115)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (California) D. cumingii (37542)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) D. aldrichi (42875) D. lugubris (80018)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium D. fallens (217346)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) D. cumingii (194804 195031)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) D. oregonensis (71152)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) D. multilineata (79962)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) D. lugubris (60940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy D. sp. (55759)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Peru D. sp. (89179 89180 89181)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) D. lugubris (78262 78269 78270 79246)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Reggio Emilia) D. sp. (119001)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) D. cumingii (189768)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan D. kamikatetuensis (190826)