Biology:Austrodiscus
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Short description: Extinct genus of gastropods
| Austrodiscus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | Austrodiscus Parodiz, 1957
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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.[1]
Species
The genus includes the following species:
- A. lopesi Fereira & Coelho, 1989.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q16835738 entry
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