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Brisingidae

Asteroidea - Brisingidae

Taxonomy
Brisingidae was named by Sars (1875). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gale (1987).

It was assigned to Brisingina by Fisher (1928) and Spencer and Wright (1966); to Forcipulatida by Gale (1987); to Brisingida by Gale (2011); and to Brisingida by Blake (1989) and Mah and Blake (2012).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Brisingidae Sars p. 1
1928Brisingidae Fisher p. 3
1966Brisingidae Spencer and Wright p. U77
1987Brisingidae Gale p. 126
1989Brisingidae Blake p. 213
2011Brisingidae Gale p. 60
2012Brisingidae Mah and Blake p. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Asterozoa()
classAsteroidea
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmbuloasteroidea
infraclassNeoasteroidea()
superorderSurculifera
Tripedicellaria
Forcipulatida()
Brisingida()
familyBrisingidae
familyBrisingidae

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.

Fm. Brisingidae Sars 1875
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G. Brisingella Fisher 1917
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: outer shelf, oceanic, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: deposit feedero
Vision: limitedc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2007-10-02 03:10:42
Modified: 2009-09-07 02:41:09
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Blake 1990, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Japan Brisingella sp. (109709)