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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]
The lindworm or lindwurm was a popular motif found on runestones in 11th-century Sweden. Portrayals vary across countries and the stories in which they appear, the creature generally appearing as wingless with a serpentine body, dragon's head, scaled skin and two clawed forelimbs. Depictions imply lindworms do not walk on their two limbs like a wyvern, but move like a mole lizard: they slither like a snake and use their arms for traction.
Schizasteridae is a family of echinoderms belonging to the order Spatangoida.