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Plagiobrissus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Plagiobrissus Pomel p. 29
1942Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) Cooke p. 54
1954Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) Ansigard p. 830
1961Plagiobrissus Durham p. 485
1966Plagiobrissus Fischer p. U602
2002Plagiobrissus Sepkoski

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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
genusPlagiobrissus

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. Plagiobrissus Pomel 1883
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Invalid names: Mortensenaster [synonym]
Plagiobrissus loveni Cotteau 1875
Plagiobrissus malavassii Durham 1961
Plagiobrissus robustus Clark 1927
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 41.30000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Cuba P. loveni, P. robustus (155852)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) P. curvus (49882)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) P. sp. (5384 5385)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Venezuela (Trujillo) Eupatagus sp. (203157)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Eupatagus dixie (203667 204714) P. dixie (3571) P. sp., P. curvus (61109)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Eupatagus gardnerae (204716) P. dixie (3540)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Georgia) Eupatagus dixie, Eupatagus curvus (204715)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) P. sp., P. curvus (34992)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Florida) Eupatagus curvus (57924)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) P. grandis (65162)
Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene23.03 - 5.333Costa Rica P. costaricensis, P. malavassii (92098)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) P. sp. (35026)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Eupatagus holmesii (203666)