Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
Synonyms: Homodictya Raymond 1937, Protillaenus Raymond 1937
Full reference: C.D. Walcott. 1916. Cambrian geology and paleontology III. No. 5. Cambrian trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 64:303-456
Parent taxon: Kingstoniidae according to S. R. Westrop 1992
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Palmer 1962, Sepkoski 2002 and Walcott 1916
Sister taxa: Ankoura, Brachyaspidion, Bynumia, Bynumina, Calvipelta, Clelandia, Ithycephalus, Kingstonia, Komaspidella, Larifugula, Pugionicauda, Saonella, Wanwanaspis
Subtaxa: Blountia alemon Blountia alexas Blountia amage Blountia andreas Blountia anser Blountia mimula Blountia terranovica Blountia virginica
Type: Blountia mimula
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (13: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Yukon collections), Greenland (3), United States (62: Alabama, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming, Wyoming-Montana)
Total: 78 collections including 91 occurrences
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