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Brachyschisma

Blastoidea - Fissiculata - Brachyschismatidae

Taxonomy
Brachyschisma was named by Reimann (1945) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 523]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Brachyschismatidae. It was considered monophyletic by Reimann (1945).

It was assigned to Brachyschismatidae by Reimann (1945), Beaver et al. (1967); and to Fissiculata by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Brachyschisma Reimann p. S407
1967Brachyschisma Beaver et al. p. S417
2002Brachyschisma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumBlastozoa
classBlastoideaSay 1825
orderFissiculataJaekel 1918
familyBrachyschismatidaeFay 1961
genusBrachyschismaReimann 1945

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.

G. †Brachyschisma Reimann 1945
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Brachyschisma corrugatum Reimann 1935
Brachyschisma oostheizeni Breimer and Macurda, Jr. 1972
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-12-09 05:26:13
Modified: 2009-12-09 07:26:53
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 410.62000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47South Africa B. sp. (a), B. oostheizeni (35578)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95South Africa B. oostheizeni (39146)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) B. subcrassum, B. subumbrosum, B. corrugatum (230486)