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Discinisca zapfei

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Taxonomy
Discinisca zapfei was named by Radwanski and Summesberger (2001). Its type specimen is NHMW 1999z0102/0001, a valve (dorsal valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kleiner Zlambachgraben, which is in a Norian shallow subtidal limestone in the Pedata Schichten Formation of Austria.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. aldrichi, D. spisbergensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Discinisca zapfei Radwanski and Summesberger p. 112 figs. Pl 1, 2

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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)
genusDisciniscaGray 1840
specieszapfei

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.

†Discinisca zapfei Radwanski and Summesberger 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available