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Brisaster maximus

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Brisaster maximus was named by Clark (1937). Its type specimen is MCZ 3830, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is C. H. Bonham farm, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in Oregon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Brisaster maximus Clark p. 368 figs. pl. 24, fig. 9
1938Brisaster maximus Grant and Hertlein p. 122
1942Brisaster maximus Weaver p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusBrisasterGray 1855
speciesmaximus

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.

†Brisaster maximus Clark 1937
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Diagnosis
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