Linthia praenipponica Nagao 1928 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Full reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part II. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 12(1):11-140

Belongs to Linthia according to T. Nagao 1928

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yamaga, NE, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Japan

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Yamaga, NE

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