Artiopoda - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
Full reference: M. Armstrong, S. R. Westrop, and J. D. Eof. 2020. Systematics of a survivor: the Cambrian kingstoniid trilobite Blountia Walcott, 1916 across the Marjuman-Steptoean (Guzhangian-Paibian) extinction interval in Laurentian North America. 4804(1):zootaxa.48
Belongs to Blountia according to M. Armstrong et al. 2020
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 nasuta, Blountia newfoundlandensis, Blountia tennesseensis, Blountia terranovica, Blountia virginica
Type specimen: USNM 141505, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is 36v. Reservoir of Mumpower Creek. 3/4 mile northwest of Bristol, which is in a Dresbachian marine limestone in the Nolichucky Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 3532-CO
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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