Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
Parent taxon: Kingstoniidae according to S. R. Westrop 1992
See also Jell and Adrain 2002, Resser 1936 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ankoura, Blountia, Brachyaspidion, Bynumia, Bynumina, Calvipelta, Clelandia, Ithycephalus, Komaspidella, Larifugula, Pugionicauda, Saonella, Wanwanaspis
Subtaxa: Kingstonia apion Kingstonia ara Kingstonia neimonggolensis Kingstonia peltata Kingstonia vagrans
Type: Kingstonia apion
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Cressagian of South Korea (1 collection)
• Cambrian of Canada (19: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Yukon), China (5), Greenland (2), United States (76: Alabama, Indiana, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming, Wyoming-Montana)
Total: 103 collections including 130 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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