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Discocystis
Taxonomy
Discocystis was named by Gregory (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-l C Step-u Sepkoski's reference number: 318,1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Discocystis kaskaskiensis. It is the type genus of Discocystinae.
It was assigned to Agelacrinitidae by Regnéll (1966); to Discocystinae by Sumrall (1996); and to Isorophida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Agelacrinitidae by Regnéll (1966); to Discocystinae by Sumrall (1996); and to Isorophida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
D. kaskaskiensis (type species)
Synonymy list
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available