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Discinisca scutellum

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Taxonomy
Discina scutellum was named by Dreger (1889). Its type specimen is NHMW 1861.XXXV.102, a valve (dorsal valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Immendorf sandpit, which is in a MN 5 marine sandstone/siltstone in the Grund Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Discinisca scutellum by Kroh (2003).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Discina scutellum Dreger pp. 182-183 figs. Pl. 1, Fig. 16a-c
2003Discinisca scutellum Kroh p. 147 fig. 2a,b

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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
speciesscutellum(Dreger 1889)

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 scutellum Dreger 1889
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Diagnosis
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