Discinisca
Sign in to saveDiscinisca is a genus of brachiopods with fossils dating back from the Early Devonian to the Pliocene of Africa, Europe, North America, and New Zealand.
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- Parent taxon
- Discinidae
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- Discinisca lamellosa 001.png
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- Discinisca
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- genus
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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.
Living individuals incorporate tablets of silica into their shell.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Discinisca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.