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Discocoelia

Calcarea - Faretronida - Discocoelidae

Taxonomy
Discocoelia was named by de Laubenfels (1955) [Sepkoski's age data: J m]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Peronidella by Finks et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Pharetronida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Discocoelidae by Macsotay and Olivares (2007) and Novack-Gottshall (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Discocoelia de Laubenfels p. 99
2002Discocoeila Sepkoski
2007Discocoelia Macsotay and Olivares
2022Discocoeila Novack-Gottshall

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
RankNameAuthor
orderFaretronidaZittel 1878
familyDiscocoelidaede Laubenfels 1955
genusDiscocoeliade Laubenfels 1955

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.

G. †Discocoelia de Laubenfels 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available