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Discradisca

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	118824	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=118824

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Discinidae : Discradisca

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Linguliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Lingulata	Gorjansky and Popov 1985
order	Lingulida	Waagen 1885
superfamily	Discinoidea	(Gray 1840)
family	Discinidae	Gray 1840
genus	Discradisca	Stenzel 1965

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Discradisca	subgenus	belongs to Discinisca	stated with evidence	Stenzel, 1965
Discradisca	genus	belongs to Disciniidae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Discradisca	genus	belongs to Acrotretida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Discradisca	genus	belongs to Discinidae	stated with evidence	Bitner and Müller, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

9 (82%)

First Recorded Appearance

93.9 - 89.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

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)

H. B. Stenzel. 1965. Stratigraphic and paleoecologic significance of a new Danian brachiopod species from Texas\r\n. Geologische Rundschau 54(2):619-631

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Discinisca (Discradisca) littigensis species	listed (PBDB)	1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Discradisca antillarum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Discradisca cumingi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Discradisca indica species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Discradisca multiradiata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Discradisca rikuzenensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Discradisca sparselineata species	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Discradisca stella species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Discradisca strigata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1965	Discinisca (Discradisca) Stenzel
2000	Discradisca Williams et al. p. 86
2002	Discradisca Sepkoski, Jr.
2017	Discradisca Bitner and Müller p. 212

References

Stenzel H. B. (1965) Stratigraphic and paleoecologic significance of a new Danian brachiopod species from Texas\r\n, Geologische Rundschau 54 2, 619-631

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bitner M. A., Müller A. (2017) Late Eocene (Priabonian) brachiopod fauna from Dnipropetrovsk, eastern Ukraine, Bulletin of Geosciences 92, 211-231

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!

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