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Brisingida

Asteroidea

Taxonomy
Brisingina was named by Fisher (1928). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Mah and Blake (2012).

It was reranked as the order Brisingida by Blake (1989); it was reranked as the unranked clade Brisingida by Gale (2011) and Mah and Blake (2012).

It was assigned to Forcipulatida by Fisher (1928) and Spencer and Wright (1966); to Forcipulatida by Gale (2011); and to Forcipulatacea by Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Brisingina Fisher p. 3
1966Brisingina Spencer and Wright p. U77
1989Brisingida Blake p. 213
2011Brisingida Gale p. 55
2012Brisingida Mah and Blake p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classAsteroidea
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
Tripedicellaria
Forcipulatida()
Brisingida()
Brisingida()

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.

Unr. Brisingida Fisher 1928
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Fm. Brisingidae Sars 1875
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G. Brisingella Fisher 1917
Invalid names: Brisingasteridae Mah 1996 [empty], Freyellidae Downey 1986 [empty], Hymenodiscidae Mah 1996 [empty], Odinellidae Mah 1996 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: outer shelf, oceanic, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: deposit feedero
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2007-10-02 03:10:42
Modified: 2009-09-07 02:41:09
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Aberhan 1992, Blake 1990

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Japan Brisingella sp. (109709)