Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Alternative combination: Schizaster (Linthia) alabamensis
Synonym: Linthia maverickensis Gardner 1935
Full reference: W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341
Belongs to Linthia according to C. W. Cooke 1959
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Cooke 1942
Sister taxa: Linthia (Linthia), Linthia (Lutetiaster), Linthia avilensis, Linthia brodermanni, Linthia cretacica, Linthia garciai, Linthia ghiroboensis, 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 specimens:
- Linthia alabamensis: USNM 137271, a test. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 264 - Prairie Creek [Clayton Fm], which is in a Danian marine horizon in the Clayton Formation of Alabama.
- Linthia maverickensis:
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (9: Alabama, Arkansas, Texas collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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