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Discinisca
Description | Discinisca is a genus of brachiopods with fossils dating back from the Early Devonian to the Pliocene of Africa, Europe, North America, and New Zealand. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discinisca, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Discinidae : Discinisca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Disciniidae : Discinisca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Discinisca Dall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Dall, W. H. (1871). Report on the Brachiopoda obtained by the United States Coast Survey Expedition, in charge of L. F. de Pourtales, with a revision of the Craniidae and Discinidae. Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletin. 3(1):1– 45, 2 pl. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (19%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 408 - 388 Ma Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Lingulida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Lingulata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Lingulida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Lingulida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discinisca |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Discinisca aldrichi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discinisca antillarum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discinisca circularis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Discinisca conviva ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Discinisca cumingii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
Discinisca holdeni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Discinisca indica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discinisca infraoolithica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 182 Ma Early Jurassic | 182 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Discinisca jenkinsi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Discinisca kamikatetuensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |
Discinisca keiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discinisca laevis species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Discinisca lamellosa species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Discinisca littigensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discinisca loeli ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Discinisca lugubris species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 17 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
Discinisca multiradiata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discinisca oregonensis ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
Discinisca perrini ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Discinisca rikuzenensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discinisca scutellum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Discinisca singewaldi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discinisca sparselineata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discinisca spitsbergensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Discinisca steiningeri ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | |
Discinisca stella species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discinisca strigata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discinisca tenuis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Discinisca yaroslavensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
Discinisca zapfei ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1840 | Discinisca Gray |
1904 | Discinisca Martin p. 402 |
1999 | Discinisca Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 14 |
2000 | Discinisca Williams et al. p. 86 |
2002 | Discinisca Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!