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Alaskodiscus, a new name for the Ordovician bellerophontoidean gastropod Alaskadiscus Rohr, Frýda and Blodgett, 2003

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

David M. Rohr ,
Jiří Frýda  and
Robert B. Blodgett
David M. Rohr
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Physical Sciences, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas 79832, USA,
Jiří Frýda
Affiliation:
Czech Geological Survey, Klárov 3/131, 118 21 Praha 1, Czech Republic,
Robert B. Blodgett
Affiliation:
Consulting Geologist, 2821 Kingfisher Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99502, USA,
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The Late Ordovician tropidodiscid gastropod Alaskadiscus, known only in two areas in Alaska, was named by Rohr, Frýda, and Blodgett (2003). Peter Wagner and Stephen K. Donovan have pointed out to us that the name was previously used for a Cambrian trilobite, Alaskadiscus Zhang, 1980. We propose the new name Alaskodiscus with the same type species, A. donensis Rohr, Frýda and Blodgett, 2003. We feel the similarity in names is not likely to cause undue confusion since the taxa are widely separated by phyla and age.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 87 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 176
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