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Linthia wilmingtonensis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Linthia wilmingtonensis was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is City quarry near cemetery, Wilmington, which is in an Eocene marine marl in the Jackson Formation of North Carolina.

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

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Linthia wilmingtonensis Clark and Twitchell p. 152 figs. Plate LXX, Figs. 3a-c
1942Schizaster (Linthia) wilmingtonensis Cooke p. 41
1980Linthia wilmingtonensis Kier p. 46

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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
specieswilmingtonensis

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 wilmingtonensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
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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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) Linthia wilmingtonensis (5462)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Linthia wilmingtonensis (5366 5367 5376 5383 5436 5437 5457 5459)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (North Carolina) Linthia wilmingtonensis (type locality: 142965)