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Linthia hanoverensis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Linthia hanoverensis was named by Kellum (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. 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.

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

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Linthia hanoverensis Kellum
1942Schizaster (Linthia) hanoverensis Cooke p. 42
1980Linthia hanoverensis Kier p. 47

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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
specieshanoverensisKellum 1926

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 hanoverensis Kellum 1926
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Diagnosis
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