Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Alternative combination: Hemiaster sudanensis
Full reference: F. A. Bather. 1904. Eocene echinoids from Sokoto. The Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade V 1:292-304
Belongs to Linthia according to A. B. Smith 1995
See also Bather 1904, Lambert 1930 and Lemoine 1909
Sister taxa: Linthia (Linthia), Linthia (Lutetiaster), Linthia alabamensis, Linthia avilensis, Linthia brodermanni, Linthia cretacica, Linthia garciai, Linthia ghiroboensis, Linthia hanoverensis, Linthia houzeaui, Linthia monteroae, Linthia navillei, Linthia praenipponica, Linthia prima, Linthia sanrafaelensis, Linthia variabilis, Linthia wilmingtonensis, Schizaster (Linthia) ocalanus, Schizaster (Linthia) tumidulus
Type specimen: MNHN-F-A26283
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Niger (1 collection)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Mali (1)
• Paleocene of Mali (7), Niger (2)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Mali (2)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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