Discinisca
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| Discinisca Temporal range:
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| Discinisca lamellosa, a group of old and young specimens; the largest showing the foramen in the peduncle valve; the rest showing brachial valves | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Order: | Discinida |
| Family: | Discinidae |
| Genus: | Discinisca Sowerby, 1822 |
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Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal'). 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.[1]
Living individuals incorporate tablets of silica into their shell.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 92)
- Emig, Christian (2006). Systematics of extant brachiopod taxa
External links
[edit | edit source]- Discinisca in the Paleobiology Database
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Categories:
- Discinida
- Devonian brachiopods
- Carboniferous brachiopods
- Permian brachiopods
- Triassic brachiopods
- Jurassic brachiopods
- Cretaceous brachiopods
- Paleocene animals
- Eocene animals
- Miocene animals
- Pliocene animals
- Prehistoric animals of Africa
- Prehistoric animals of Europe
- Prehistoric animals of North America
- Early Devonian first appearances
- Pliocene extinctions
- Prehistoric brachiopod genera
- Oligocene invertebrates
- Protostome stubs