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Phyllobrissus freitasii

Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae

Taxonomy
Echinobrissus freitasii was named by White (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lastro, perto de Maroim, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Riacheulo Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Nucleolites freitasi by Maury (1936); it was recombined as Phyllobrissus freitasii by Smith (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nicoleti

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Echinobrissus freitasii White p. 259 figs. pl. 28, figs. 14, 16
1888Stigmatopygus malheiroi de Loriol p. 106 figs. Pl 7, fig 4
1936Nucleolites freitasi Maury p. 276
1991Phyllobrissus freitasii Smith p. 41 figs. Pl 10G,H; text-figs 32-34

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
familyNucleolitidae
genusPhyllobrissusCotteau 1859
speciesfreitasii(White 1887)

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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Invalid names: Stigmatopygus malheiroi de Loriol 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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