Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Alternative spelling: Discinisca (Discradisca)
Full reference: H. B. Stenzel. 1965. Stratigraphic and paleoecologic significance of a new Danian brachiopod species from Texas . Geologische Rundschau 54(2):619-631
Parent taxon: Discinidae according to M. A. Bitner and A. Müller 2017
See also Sepkoski 2002, Stenzel 1965 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Acrosaccus, Chynithele, Gigadiscina, Opatrilkiella, Orbiculoidea, Orbiculoideinae, Roemerella, Schizotreta
Subtaxa: Discinisca (Discradisca) littigensis Discradisca antillarum Discradisca cumingi Discradisca indica Discradisca multiradiata Discradisca rikuzenensis Discradisca sparselineata Discradisca stella Discradisca strigata
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1 collection), France (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Eocene of Ukraine (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Minnesota)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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