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 nevadensis, Blountia tennesseensis, Blountia terranovica, Blountia virginica
Type specimen: GSC 140501, a cephalon/head (cranidium)
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cow Head CH 48 (Cambrian of Newfoundland and Labrador)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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