Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
Synonyms: Ataktaspis Lochman and Duncan 1944, Buttsina Rozova 1968
Parent taxon: Kingstoniidae according to S. R. Westrop 1992
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Rozova 1968 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ankoura, Blountia, Brachyaspidion, Bynumia, Bynumina, Calvipelta, Clelandia, Ithycephalus, Kingstonia, Larifugula, Pugionicauda, Saonella, Wanwanaspis
Subtaxa: Buttsina ignota Komaspidella laevis Komaspidella lata Komaspidella occidentalis Komaspidella thea
Type: Agraulos thea
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (3: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador collections), the Russian Federation (1), United States (6: Nevada, South Dakota, Virginia)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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