| Austrodiscus Temporal range: Paleocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Genus: | Austrodiscus Parodiz, 1957 |
| Species | |
Austrodiscus is a fossil genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Charopidae.
This genus is known from the Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, although the placement of the species (A. lopesi) in this genus remains uncertain.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
- A. lopesi Fereira & Coelho, 1989.
References
- ^ Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; de Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Austrodiscus | |
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