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Discinisca scutellum
Taxonomy
Discina scutellum was named by Dreger (1889). Its type specimen is NHMW 1861.XXXV.102, a valve (dorsal valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Immendorf sandpit, which is in a MN 5 marine sandstone/siltstone in the Grund Formation of Austria.
It was recombined as Discinisca scutellum by Kroh (2003).
It was recombined as Discinisca scutellum by Kroh (2003).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Discina scutellum Dreger pp. 182-183 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 16a-c |
| 2003 | Discinisca scutellum Kroh p. 147 fig. 2a,b |
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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.
†Discinisca scutellum Dreger 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||