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Discina

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Discina Kirchner p. 91
2000Discina Williams et al. p. 86

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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)
genusDiscinaLamarck

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. †Discina Lamarck
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Discina capuliforma McChesney 1859
Discina connata Walcott 1884
Discina donetzensis Yakovlev 1912
Discina lodensis Hall 1843
Discina mamillata Guembel 1861
Discina minuta Hall 1843
Discina newberryi Hall 1863
Discina orbicularis Moore 1861
Discina spitzbergensis Lundgren 1887
Discina striata Schumacher 1817
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Edenian to the top of the Campanian or 451.00000 to 72.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 450.2 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician459.3 - 443.1Czechia D. miranda (3865)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) D. sp. (384)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Germany D. sp. (127762)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) D. minuta (9613 9615)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) D. doria (89927 89933)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (California) D. sp. (214521)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Ukraine (Donets'ka) D. donetzensis (126100)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Svalbard and Jan Mayen D. spitzbergensis (211948)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Russian Federation (Primorsky Krai) D. sp. (202919)
Olenekian - Anisian249.9 - 241.464Jordan (Janoobiah) D. sp. (201989)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Italy (Trento) D. sp. (202271)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Bosnia and Herzegovina D. sp. (206612)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen D. barentsi (212192)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Türkiye (Balıkesir) D. sp. (201912)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9France D. reflexa (51501)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9New Zealand D. sp. (63819)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) D. latissima (100669)
Middle Tithonian149.2 - 143.1New Zealand D. sp. (63755)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Cameroon D. sp. (209694)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany D. mamillata (221909)