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Brissopsis jimenoi

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Brissopsis jimenoi was named by Cotteau (1875). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Brissopsis jimenoi Cotteau p. 6
1922Brissopsis jimenoi Jackson p. 81
1926Brissopsis jimenoi Sanchez Roig p. 116
1928Brissopsis jimenoi Jeannet pp. 129, 145
1949Brissopsis jimenoi Sánchez Roig p. 225
1984Brissopsis jimenoi Kier p. 87
1992Brissopsis jimenoi Kier p. 21

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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
genusBrissopsisAgassiz 1840
speciesjimenoiCotteau 1875

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.

Brissopsis jimenoi Cotteau 1875
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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: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Messinian or 33.90000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Cuba Brissopsis jimenoi (91179)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Brissopsis jimenoi (90619)