Linthia prima Cooke 1942

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Alternative combination: Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) primus

Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62

Belongs to Linthia according to C. W. Cooke 1959

See also Cooke 1942

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 sanrafaelensis, Linthia sudanensis, Linthia variabilis, Linthia wilmingtonensis, Schizaster (Linthia) ocalanus, Schizaster (Linthia) tumidulus

Type specimen: USNM 498978, a test. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 4033 - Parke's farm, Ellaville [Clayton Fm], which is in a Danian coastal siliciclastic in the Clayton Formation of Georgia.

Distribution: found only at USGS Loc. 4033 - Parke's farm, Ellaville [Clayton Fm]

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