Blountia nasuta Rasetti 1946 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae

Full reference: F. Rasetti. 1946. Early Upper Cambrian Trilobites from Western Gaspé. Journal of Paleontology 20(5):442-462

Belongs to Blountia according to M. Armstrong et al. 2020

See also Rasetti 1946

Sister taxa: Blountia (Mindycrusta), Blountia alemon, Blountia alexas, Blountia andreas, Blountia anser, Blountia bristolensis, Blountia cora, Blountia gaspensis, Blountia janei, Blountia mimula, Blountia morgancreekensis, Blountia nevadensis, Blountia newfoundlandensis, Blountia tennesseensis, Blountia terranovica, Blountia virginica

Type specimen: GSC 140496, a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at G-29 Grosse-Roches, Gaspé Peninsula (Cambrian of Quebec)

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