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 nasuta, Blountia nevadensis, Blountia newfoundlandensis, Blountia tennesseensis, Blountia terranovica, Blountia virginica
Type specimen: OU 238142, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is USGS 14d-OS, which is in a Steptoean marine limestone in the Riley Formation of Texas.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 14d-OS
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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