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Discosparsa

Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae

Taxonomy
Discosparsa was named by d'Orbigny (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: K Vala-u T Mi-l-u Sepkoski's reference number: 590,1260].

It was assigned to Cyclostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Diastoporidae by Bassler (1953) and Guha and Gopikrishna (2007).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Discosparsa d'Orbigny
1953Discosparsa Bassler p. G43
2002Discosparsa Sepkoski
2007Discosparsa Guha and Gopikrishna p. 1275

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classStenolaemataBorg 1926
orderCyclostomataBusk 1852
suborderTubuliporinaMilne Edwards 1838
familyDiastoporidaeBusk 1859
genusDiscosparsad'Orbigny 1852

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. †Discosparsa d'Orbigny 1852
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Discosparsa lakhpatensis Guha and Gopikrishna 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available