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Linthia alabamensis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Linthia alabamensis was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915). Its type specimen is USNM 137271, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 264 - Prairie Creek [Clayton Fm], which is in a Danian marine horizon in the Clayton Formation of Alabama.

It was recombined as Schizaster (Linthia) alabamensis by Cooke (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. boreasteria, L. caraibensis, L. gaudryii, L. hollandi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Linthia alabamensis Clark and Twitchell p. 153 figs. pl. 71, figs. 1a-d, 2a-d
1935Linthia maverickensis Gardner p. 110 figs. pl. 4, figs. 13, 14
1942Schizaster (Linthia) alabamensis Cooke p. 42
1959Linthia alabamensis Cooke p. 69

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusLinthiaDesor 1853
speciesalabamensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Linthia alabamensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Invalid names: Linthia maverickensis Gardner 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Selandian or 66.00000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Arkansas) Linthia alabamensis (91870)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Linthia alabamensis (2808 2837 2838 2858 type locality: 155914)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Linthia maverickensis (91825)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Linthia alabamensis (98432)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Linthia alabamensis (155917)