''Discinisca'' is a
genus of
brachiopods with fossils dating back from the
Early Devonian to the
Pliocene of
Africa,
Europe,
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
, and
New Zealand.
Living individuals incorporate tablets of silica into their shell.
References
* ''Fossils'' (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 92)
* Emig, Christian (2006). ''Systematics of extant brachiopod taxa''
External links
''Discinisca''in the
Paleobiology Database
Discinida
Devonian brachiopods
Carboniferous brachiopods
Permian brachiopods
Triassic brachiopods
Jurassic brachiopods
Cretaceous brachiopods
Paleocene animals
Eocene animals
Oligocene 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
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