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Estoniadiscus

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Estoniadiscus
Temporal range: Early Cambrian, Nemakit-Daldynian–Atdabanian
Specimen of E. discinoides found near Kunda, Suhkrumägi outcrop[1]
Scientific classification
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Estoniadiscus

Peel, 2003
Binomial name
Estoniadiscus discinoides
(Schmidt, 1888)
Synonyms

Estoniadiscus is an extinct genus of animal of unknown classification,[1] possibly belonging to Bilateria,[2] from the Early Cambrian (Nemakit-DaldynianAtdabanian)[3] of Estonia.[4][5] Originally described as a species of Scenella in 1888a,[6] it was redescribed as a possible stem-brachiopod in 2003.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "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.