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Brochopleurus

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Temnopleuridae

Taxonomy
Brochopleurus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Temnopleuridae by Fell and Pawson (1966); to Temnopleurinae by Nisiyama (1966); and to Temnopleuroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Brochopleurus Fell and Pawson p. U418
1966Brochopleurus Nisiyama p. 236
2002Brochopleurus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
Echinacea()
orderCamarodonta
infraorderTemnopleuridea
familyTemnopleuridae
subfamilyTemnopleurinaeAgassiz 1872
genusBrochopleurus

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.

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Brochopleurus pulcherrimus Nisiyama 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 48.07000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) B. sp. (51922)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt B. fourtaui (47993)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Italy (Sardinia) B. sp. (187431)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Japan (Chiba) B. pulcherrimus (204393)