Discinisca
| 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 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Order: | Discinida |
| Family: | Discinidae |
| Genus: | Discinisca Sowerby, 1822 |
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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]- ↑ Christian Emig (2010). Emig CC (ed.). "Discinisca Dall, 1871". World Brachiopoda Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ↑ Williams, A; Cusack, M; Buckman, J. O.; Stachel, T (1998). "Siliceous tablets in the larval shells of apatitic discinid brachiopods". Science. 279 (5359): 2094–6. Bibcode:1998Sci...279.2094W. doi:10.1126/science.279.5359.2094. PMID 9516107.
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 92)
- Emig, Christian (2006). Systematics of extant brachiopod taxa
External links
[edit]- 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