Austrodiscus is a fossil genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Charopidae.

Austrodiscus
Temporal range: Paleocene[1]
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
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Austrodiscus

Parodiz, 1957
Species

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

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The genus includes the following species:

References

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  1. ^ 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.