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Brisaster

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Brisaster was named by Gray (1855) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 1242]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Hemiasteridae by Grant and Hertlein (1938); to Schizasteridae by Fischer (1966), Chiesa et al. (1995), Lindley (2001); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Brisaster Gray
1938Brisaster Grant and Hertlein p. 122
1966Brisaster Fischer p. U575
1995Brisaster Chiesa et al. p. 63
2001Brisaster Lindley p. 133
2002Brisaster Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusBrisasterGray 1855

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. Brisaster Gray 1855
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Brisaster latifrons Agassiz 1898
Brisaster maximus Clark 1937
Brisaster moseleyi Agassiz 1881
Brisaster townsendi Agassiz 1898
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 Bartonian to the top of the Pleistocene or 41.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) B. sp. (203164)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina B. sp. (71600)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Oregon) B. maximums (201484)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) B. maximus (139444)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Oregon) B. maximus (203135)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Papua New Guinea B. latifrons (204726)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina B. sp. (65186)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Papua New Guinea B. latifrons (204727)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) B. townsendi (203582)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan (Chiba) B. owstoni (204459)