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Martinidiscus woodwardii

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae

Taxonomy
Ammonites woodwardii was named by Martin (1809). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bellerophon woodwardi by Sowerby (1829); it was recombined as Porcellia woodwardii by de Koninck (1844), de Koninck (1883), Batten (1966), Gromczakiewicz-Łomnicka (1973), Peel (1986); it was recombined as Porcellia woodwardi by Peel (1993); it was recombined as Martinidiscus woodwardii by Frýda (2004), Wagner (2023).

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-03-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1809Ammonites woodwardii Martin figs. pl. 35 f. 4-5
1829Bellerophon woodwardi Sowerby
1844Porcellia woodwardii de Koninck
1883Porcellia woodwardii de Koninck
1966Porcellia woodwardii Batten
1973Porcellia woodwardii Gromczakiewicz-Łomnicka p. 36 figs. pl. 7 f. 8
1986Porcellia woodwardii Peel
1993Porcellia woodwardi Peel p. 532 figs. f. 1.6-7
2004Martinidiscus woodwardii Frýda p. 58 figs. f. 1a-h
2023Martinidiscus woodwardii Wagner p. 4068

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPorcelliidae
subfamilyPorcelliinae
genusMartinidiscus
specieswoodwardii()

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.

Martinidiscus woodwardii Martin 1809
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Arundian to the top of the Brigantian or 346.70000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arundian346.7 - 339.9Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Porcellia woodwardi (60115)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Porcellia woodwardii (67670)