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Discinisca perrini

Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae

Taxonomy
Discinisca perrini was named by Hertlein and Grant IV (1944). Its type specimen is UCMP 31864 and is a 3D body fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Discinisca perrini Hertlein and Grant IV p. 36 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 14-15

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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
orderLingulidaWaagen 1885
superfamilyDiscinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyDiscinidaeGray 1840
genusDisciniscaGray 1840
speciesperrini

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 perrini Hertlein and Grant IV 1944
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Diagnosis
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