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Brissus caobaense

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Brissus caobaense was named by Sanchez-Roig (1953). Its type specimen is Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 771, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Canteras de Caraballo, loma Caoba, San Diego de los Banos, which is in an Eocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Brissus caobaense Sanchez-Roig p. 163 figs. pl. 7, fig. 5; pl. 8, figs. 1, 2
1984Brissus caobaense Kier p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusBrissusGray 1825
speciescaobaense

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.

Brissus caobaense Sanchez-Roig 1953
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Diagnosis
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