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Discinisca oregonensis

Lingulata - Discinida - Disciniidae

Taxonomy
Discinisca oregonensis was named by Dall (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 107779, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Discinisca oregonensis Dall p. 137 figs. pl. 2, fig. 6
1942Discinisca oregonensis Weaver p. 14

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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
speciesoregonensisDall 1909

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available