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Brissopneustes

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae

Taxonomy
Brissopneustes is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Micrasteridae by Fischer (1966); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Brissopneustes Fischer p. U581
2002Brissopneustes Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderMicrasterina
familyMicrasteridae()
genusBrissopneustes

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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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 Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) B. ruegenensis (32022)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria (Niederösterreich) B. sp. (87002) B. vindobonnensis (87001)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark B. suecicus (89866)