Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Parent taxon: Brissidae according to J. Hansen and T. Hansen 2005
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1942, Durham 1961, Fischer 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Henderson 1975, Kier 1984, Lindley 2001, Ragaini 1994 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arcaechinus, Brissopatagus, Brissopsidae, Brissus, Cionobrissus, Cyclaster, Eupatagus, Fernandezaster, Fourtaunia, Gillechinus, Gualtieria, Hernandezaster, Herreraster, Hikelaster, Hysteraster, Lajanaster, Macropneustes, Mariania, Mauritanaster, Megapneustes, Meoma, Metalia, Migliorinia, Pharaonaster, Plagiobrissus, Plesiopatagus, Radiobrissus, Rhynobrissus, Rojasia, Stomaporus, Taimanawa, Trachypatagus
Subtaxa: Brissopsis aguayoi Brissopsis atlantica Brissopsis balnpiedi Brissopsis columbaris Brissopsis elegans Brissopsis hectori Brissopsis jimenoi Brissopsis luzonica Brissopsis lyrifer Brissopsis pacifica Brissopsis praeluzonica Brissopsis steinhatchee
Type: Brissopsis elegans
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of New Zealand (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (1)
• Pliocene of Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Japan (3), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Australia (6), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (7), Japan (4), New Zealand (3), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Papua New Guinea (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Cuba (1), Haiti (1), Iran (1), Somalia (1), United States (1: Mississippi)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)
• Eocene of Egypt (3), Qatar (1), United States (2: Florida)
Total: 48 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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