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Alaskodiscus donensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Temnodiscidae

Taxonomy
Alaskadiscus donensis was named by Rohr et al. (2003). 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. It is the type species of Alaskadiscus, Alaskodiscus.

It was recombined as Alaskodiscus donensis by Rohr et al. (2013), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Alaskadiscus donensis Rohr et al. pp. 95 - 98 figs. f. 3.1-7
2013Alaskodiscus donensis Rohr et al. p. 176
2023Alaskodiscus donensis Wagner p. S468

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyTemnodiscidae
genusAlaskodiscus
speciesdonensis()

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.

Alaskodiscus donensis Rohr et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-04-11 12:27:18
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:08
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Richmondian or 449.60000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Alaska) Tropidodiscus subacutus (type locality: 49341 49346 49350 49351)