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Brissoides elongatum

Echinoidea - Spatangoida

Taxonomy
Brissoides elongatum was named by Sanchez Roig (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Cervantes", San José de las Lajas, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine horizon in Cuba.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Brissoides elongatum Sanchez Roig p. 86 figs. pl. 13, figs. 1, 2
1926Brissoides elongatum Sanchez Roig p. 107

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
genusBrissoidesKlein 1778
specieselongatumSanchez Roig 1924

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Brissoides elongatum Sanchez Roig 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Cuba Brissoides elongatum (type locality: 91139)