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Brissopatagus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Brissopatagus was named by Cotteau (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Ol-u Sepkoski's reference number: 577,942].

It was reranked as Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) by Cooke (1942), Cooke (1959).

It was assigned to Eupatagus by Cooke (1942), Cooke (1959); to Brissidae by Fischer (1966); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
B. rojasi, Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) alabamensis (syn. Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) georgianus)
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2014-05-04

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Brissopatagus Cotteau p. 143
1942Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) Cooke p. 57
1959Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) Cooke p. 92
1966Brissopatagus Fischer p. U584
2002Brissopatagus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusBrissopatagusCotteau 1863

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. †Brissopatagus Cotteau 1863
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†Brissopatagus rojasi Sanchez-Roig 1953
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Invalid names: Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) georgianus Cooke 1942 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Messinian or 37.71000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Cuba B. rojasi (155853 155871 155872)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Eupatagus georgianus (60451 204715)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) Eupatagus alabamensis (155971)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Alabama) Eupatagus alabamensis (143383)
Aquitanian - Messinian23.04 - 5.333USA (Florida) B. sp. (35021)