Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Alternative combination: Schizaster (Linthia) hanoverensis
Belongs to Linthia according to P. M. Kier 1980
See also Cooke 1942
Sister taxa: Linthia (Linthia), Linthia (Lutetiaster), Linthia alabamensis, Linthia avilensis, Linthia brodermanni, Linthia cretacica, Linthia garciai, Linthia ghiroboensis, Linthia houzeaui, Linthia monteroae, Linthia navillei, Linthia praenipponica, Linthia prima, Linthia sanrafaelensis, Linthia sudanensis, Linthia variabilis, Linthia wilmingtonensis, Schizaster (Linthia) ocalanus, Schizaster (Linthia) tumidulus
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 10340, 10613 (City Rock quarry near cemetery), which is in a Bartonian deep subtidal ramp wackestone/grainstone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (13: North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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