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Linthia sudanensis

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Hemiaster sudanensis was named by Bather (1904). Its type specimen is MNHN-F-A26283 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Garadimi, Sokoto, which is in a Paleocene carbonate limestone in Niger.

It was recombined as Linthia sudanensis by Lambert (1930) and Smith (1995).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Hemiaster sudanensis Bather p. 299 figs. Pl 11, figs 6-13
1909Hemiaster sudanensis Lemoine p. 105
1930Linthia sudanensis Lambert p. 476
1995Linthia sudanensis Smith p. 236 figs. Pl 33, figs 9-11; text-figs 84B, 85

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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
speciessudanensis()

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 sudanensis Bather 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available