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Brutocycloides cerebrum

Cyclocystoidea - Apycnodiscidae

Taxonomy
Brutocycloides cerebrum was named by Boczarowski (2001). Its type specimen is Holotype: GIUS 4-610 Szg./542/1 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Layer 6, Szczukowskie Gorki, which is in a Frasnian carbonate limestone in Poland. It is the type species of Brutocycloides.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Brutocycloides cerebrum Boczarowski pp. 70-71 figs. Text-fig. 24I-L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classCyclocystoideaMiller and Gurley 1895
familyApycnodiscidae
genusBrutocycloides
speciescerebrum

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.

Brutocycloides cerebrum Boczarowski 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Boczarowski 2001As for the genus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-05-17 02:20:57
Modified: 2009-10-06 09:19:17
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Middle Frasnian or 382.40000 to 379.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Poland Brutocycloides cerebrum (type locality: 99445)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Brutocycloides cerebrum (99450)