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Phyllobrissus gresslyi

Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae

Taxonomy

Catopygus gresslyi was named by Agassiz (1839).

It was recombined as Phyllobrissus gresslyi by Kier (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. artesianus, P. duboisii, P. fittoni, P. grasanus, P. jaccardi, P. kiliani, P. nicoleti, P. olfersii, P. renaudi, P. renevieri, P. thevenini

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1839	Catopygus gresslyi Agassiz
1962	Phyllobrissus gresslyi Kier p. 77

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
—	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata
subphylum	Eleutherozoa
—	Echinozoa	()
class	Echinoidea	()

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea	()
—	Carinacea
—	Irregularia	()
—	Microstomata
—	Neognathostomata
family	Nucleolitidae
genus	Phyllobrissus	Cotteau 1859
species	gresslyi	(Agassiz 1839)

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.

†Phyllobrissus gresslyi Agassiz 1839

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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 Valanginian to the top of the Hauterivian or 137.05000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (67 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Valanginian	137.05 - 132.6	Portugal	Phyllobrissus gresslyi (65674)
Valanginian	137.05 - 132.6	Switzerland	Phyllobrissus gresslyi (2247)
Early/Lower Hauterivian	132.6 - 125.77	France	Phyllobrissus gresslyi (68929 68930 68932 68934 68937 68939 68940 68943 68947 68968 68983 68986 68987 68989 68994 68995 68997 69004 69005 69007 69022 69063 69065 69067 69077 69078 69079 69080 69082 69490 69492 69735 69736 69743 69744 69745 69751 69752 69754 69757 69760 69762 69763 69764 69765 69776 69777 69778 69780 69781 69782 69783 69785 69786 69793 69794 84870 84872 84873 84875 84876 84877 84878 84879)
Hauterivian	132.6 - 125.77	Portugal	Phyllobrissus gresslyi (65876)