Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Full reference: F. Tessier and J. Roman. 1973. Études paléontologiques et géologiques sur les Falaises de Fresco (Côte d'Ivoire). 6. Échinides. Annales de la Faculté des Sciences, Université de Dakar 26:139-172
Belongs to Linthia according to F. Tessier and J. Roman 1973
Sister taxa: Linthia (Linthia), Linthia (Lutetiaster), Linthia alabamensis, Linthia avilensis, Linthia brodermanni, Linthia cretacica, Linthia garciai, Linthia hanoverensis, 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: MNHN.F.R06436. Its type locality is Falaises de Fresco, region CD (Kraïébouèn), bed 5, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Falaises de Fresco Formation of Cote D'Ivoire.
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Falaises de Fresco, region CD (Kraïébouèn), bed 5
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