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Brissopsis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Brissopsis was named by Agassiz (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 577]. It is extant. Its type is Brissopsis elegans.

It was assigned to Spatangidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Grant and Hertlein (1938) and Cooke (1942); to Echinoidea by Durham (1961); to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Brissidae by Fischer (1966), Henderson (1975), Kier (1984), Ragaini (1994), Lindley (2001) and Hansen and Hansen (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Brissopsis Agassiz
1915Brissopsis Clark and Twitchell p. 154
1938Brissopsis Grant and Hertlein p. 126
1942Brissopsis Cooke p. 48
1961Brissopsis Durham p. 484
1966Brissopsis Fischer p. U584
1975Brissopsis Henderson p. 35
1984Brissopsis Kier p. 86
1994Brissopsis Ragaini p. 289
2001Brissopsis Lindley p. 136
2002Brissopsis Sepkoski
2005Brissopsis Hansen and Hansen p. 48

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusBrissopsisAgassiz 1840

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.

G. Brissopsis Agassiz 1840
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†Brissopsis aguayoi Sanchez Roig 1952
†Brissopsis atlantica Moretensen 1907
†Brissopsis balnpiedi Grant and Hertlein 1938
†Brissopsis columbaris Agassiz 1840
Brissopsis elegans Agassiz 1840
†Brissopsis hectori Hutton 1873
†Brissopsis jimenoi Cotteau 1875
†Brissopsis luzonica Gray 1851
Brissopsis lyrifer Forbes 1841
†Brissopsis pacifica Agassiz 1898
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Qatar B. sp. (209104)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Egypt B. excentrica, B. lamberti, B. lorioli (41899)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt B. angusta (97545) B. sp. (42051)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) B. steinhatchee (203667)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) B. sp. (34992)
Whaingaroan34.6 - 27.3New Zealand B. praeluzonica (155814)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (South Australia) B. praeluzonica (90085)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Somalia B. sp. (78952)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Iran B. sp. (192044)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Mississippi) B. blanipiedi (204713)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Cuba B. jimenoi (91179)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Haiti B. antillarum (61195)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Papua New Guinea B. luzonica (204726)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) B. sp. (187423 187427 187429)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) B. australis (72230)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica B. sp. (92098)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Miyagi) B. makiyamai (204444)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan B. makiyamai (204443)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Iwate) B. makiyamai (204445)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan (Shimane) B. makiyamai (204446)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand B. sp. A (155797 155798 155799)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt B. crescenticus (47996)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Italy (Sardinia) B. sp. (187430 187431)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (South Australia) B. tatei (88322)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (South Australia) B. tatei (122479)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Italy B. crescentica (96238 96239)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) B. talei (72197 72232) B. tatei (72231)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia B. sp. (222420)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark B. lyrifera (98312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia B. luzonica (70099)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria B. sp. (70886)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic B. jimenoi (90619)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) B. genei (209253)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan (Kanagawa) B. luzonica (204449 204450)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan (Chiba) B. japonica (204442)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) B. sp. (35028)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand B. sp. C (155829)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia B. fraasi (107972)