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Discinisca steiningeri

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Taxonomy
Discinisca steiningeri was named by Radwanska and Radwanski (1989). Its type specimen is Cat. No, 1988/58 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Plesching Austernbank, which is in an Oligocene shallow subtidal sandstone in the Linz Sands Formation of Austria.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Discinisca steiningeri Radwanska and Radwanski p. 72 figs. Pl. 1-4

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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
speciessteiningeri

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 steiningeri Radwanska and Radwanski 1989
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Diagnosis
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