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 bristolensis Blountia cora Blountia gaspensis Blountia janei Blountia mimula Blountia morgancreekensis Blountia nasuta Blountia nevadensis Blountia newfoundlandensis Blountia tennesseensis Blountia terranovica Blountia virginica
Type: Blountia mimula
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (16: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Yukon collections), Greenland (3), United States (66: Alabama, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming, Wyoming-Montana)
Total: 85 collections including 102 occurrences
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