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Extinct genus of animals, unknown classification

Estoniadiscus
Temporal range: Early Cambrian, Nemakit-Daldynian–Atdabanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Specimen of E. discinoides found near Kunda, Suhkrumägi outcrop
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
(unranked): Bilateria?
Genus: †Estoniadiscus
Peel, 2003
Binomial name
†Estoniadiscus discinoides
(Schmidt, 1888)
Synonyms

Estoniadiscus is an extinct genus of animal of unknown classification, possibly belonging to Bilateria, from the Early Cambrian (Nemakit-Daldynian–Atdabanian) of Estonia. Originally described as a species of Scenella in 1888a, it was redescribed as a possible stem-brachiopod in 2003.

References

  1. ^ "Estoniadiscus discinoides". FossilID. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. Budd, G. E.; Jensen, S. (2000). "A critical reappraisal of the fossil record of the bilaterian phyla". Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 75 (2): 253–95. doi:10.1111/j.1469-185X.1999.tb00046.x. PMID 10881389. S2CID 39772232.
  3. Claybourn, Thomas M.; Jacquet, Sarah M.; Skovsted, Christian B.; Topper, Timothy P.; Holmer, Lars E.; Brock, Glenn A. (2019). "Mollusks from the upper Shackleton Limestone (Cambrian Series 2), Central Transantarctic Mountains, East Antarctica". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (3): 437–459. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.84. ISSN 0022-3360.
  4. Jankauskas, T., Posti, E. 1973. Micropaleontological characteristic of the stratotype sections of the Estonian Lower Cambrian. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the Estonian SSR. Chemistry and Geology 22, 2, 143-148.
  5. Babcock, L.E. and Robison, R.A. 1988. Taxonomy and paleobiology of some Middle Cambrian Scenella (Cnidaria) and hyolithids (Mollusca) from western North America. University of Kansas paleontological contributions, 121: 22
  6. Schmidt, Fr. 1888. Über eine neuentdeckte untercambrische Fauna in Estland. Mémoires de l´Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Petersbourg 36, 2, 1-28.
  7. Peel, John S. (2003). "A problematic cap-shaped metazoan from the Lower Cambrian of Estonia". GFF. 125 (3): 157–161. doi:10.1080/11035890301253157. ISSN 1103-5897. S2CID 128804757.
Taxon identifiers
Estoniadiscus


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