Linthia
Appearance
Linthia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Eocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Spatangoida |
Family: | Schizasteridae |
Genus: | †Linthia Desor, 1853 |
Linthia is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Eocene. Its remains have been found in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Linthia in the Paleobiology Database
Further reading
[edit]- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 183)
Categories:
- Schizasteridae
- Prehistoric echinoid genera
- Cretaceous echinoderms
- Paleocene echinoderms
- Eocene animals
- Prehistoric animals of Africa
- Prehistoric animals of Asia
- Prehistoric animals of Europe
- Prehistoric echinoderms of North America
- Late Cretaceous first appearances
- Eocene genus extinctions
- Echinoidea stubs
- Prehistoric echinoderm stubs