Austrodiscus

Austrodiscus; Temporal range: Paleocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura; clade Panpulmonata; clade Eupulmonata; clade Stylommatophora; informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Punctoidea
Family:	Charopidae
Genus:	Austrodiscus; Parodiz, 1957
Species
	†A. lopesi;

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

^ ^a ^b 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.

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[Salvador_&_Simone_2013-1] 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.

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