Discinisca Explained

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.^[1]

Living individuals incorporate tablets of silica into their shell.^[2]

References

• Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 92)
• Emig, Christian (2006). Systematics of extant brachiopod taxa

External links

• Discinisca in the Paleobiology Database

Notes and References

1. Christian Emig . 2010 . Discinisca Dall, 1871 . Brachiopoda . 235162 . February 25, 2012.
2. 9516107. 1998. Williams. A. Siliceous tablets in the larval shells of apatitic discinid brachiopods. Science. 279. 5359. 2094–6. Cusack. M. Buckman. J. O.. Stachel. T. 10.1126/science.279.5359.2094 . 1998Sci...279.2094W .