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Discinella

Mobergellidae

Taxonomy
Discinella was named by Hall (1871) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Boto Sepkoski's reference number: 1006].

It was assigned to Hyolithellidae by Fisher (1962); to Hyolithelminthes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mobergellidae by Skovsted (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Discinella Hall p. 246
1962Discinella Fisher p. 132
2002Discinella Sepkoski
2003Discinella Skovsted p. 435

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumProblematica
RankNameAuthor
familyMobergellidae
genusDiscinellaHall 1871

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. †Discinella Hall 1871
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Subg. †Discinella (Discinella) Hall 1871
Discinella micans Billings 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Botomian or 521.00000 to 512.10000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Siberia) D. brastadi (56855)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) D. brastadi (10115)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Greenland (Hudson) D. micans (56860)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (Labrador) D. micans (195907)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Greenland D. micans (49456 49457 49463 49466 49467 49468 49469 49471 49473 67777 67782 67783 67785 67786 67787 67790 67794)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (Quebec) D. micans (78754 78755)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (New York) D. micans (78762 78763 78765 78767)