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Kingstoniidae

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Kingstoniidae Kobayashi
1997Kingstoniidae Whittington et al. p. 302
2002Kingstoniidae Jell and Adrain p. 473
2011Kingstoniidae Adrain p. 108

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderPtychopariidaSwinnerton 1915
familyKingstoniidaeKobayashi 1935
familyKingstoniidaeKobayashi 1935

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Kingstoniidae Kobayashi 1935
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G. †Ankoura Resser 1938
G. †Blountia Walcott 1916
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†Blountia alemon Walcott 1916
†Blountia alexas Walcott 1916
†Blountia andreas Walcott 1916
†Blountia anser Walcott 1916
†Blountia bristolensis Resser 1938
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Invalid names: Maryvillia bristolensis Resser 1938 [synonym]
†Blountia cora Lochman and Duncan 1944
†Blountia gaspensis Rasetti 1946
†Blountia janei Lochman and Duncan 1944
†Blountia mimula Walcott 1916
†Blountia morgancreekensis Armstrong et al. 2020
†Blountia nasuta Rasetti 1946
†Blountia nevadensis Armstrong et al. 2020
†Blountia newfoundlandensis Armstrong et al. 2020
†Blountia tennesseensis Armstrong et al. 2020
†Blountia terranovica Resser 1942
†Blountia virginica Rasetti 1961
Invalid names: Homodictya Raymond 1937 [synonym], Protillaenus Raymond 1937 [synonym]
G. †Brachyaspidion Miller 1936
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†Brachyaspidion sulcatum Robison 1964
G. †Bynumia Walcott 1924
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†Bynumia eumus Walcott 1924
G. †Bynumina Resser 1942
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†Bynumina terrenda Wilson 1951
†Bynumina vescula Stitt 1971
G. †Calvipelta Westrop 1986
G. †Clelandia Cossman 1902
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†Clelandia albertensis Norford 1969
†Clelandia aspina Ross and Barnes 1967
†Clelandia bispina Ross and Barnes 1967
†Clelandia parabola Cleland 1900
†Clelandia utahensis Ross 1951
Invalid names: Bynumiella Resser 1942 [synonym], Harrisia Cleland 1900 [replaced]
G. †Ithycephalus Resser 1938
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†Ithycephalus stricklandi Robison and Babcock 2011
G. †Kingstonia Walcott 1924
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†Kingstonia apion Walcott 1924
†Kingstonia ara Walcott 1924
†Kingstonia gaspensis Rasetti 1946
†Kingstonia neimonggolensis Zhang and Zhou 1993
†Kingstonia peltata Palmer and in Palmer and Peel 1981
†Kingstonia pontotocensis Lochman 1938
†Kingstonia vagrans Lochman 1938
†Kingstonia walcotti Resser 1938
G. †Komaspidella Kobayashi 1938
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†Komaspidella laevis Rasetti 1961
†Komaspidella lata Rasetti 1961
†Komaspidella thea Walcott 1890
Invalid names: Ataktaspis Lochman and Duncan 1944 [synonym], Buttsina Rozova 1968 [synonym]
G. †Larifugula Ludvigsen 1982
G. †Pugionicauda Westrop 1986
G. †Saonella Rozova 1968
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†Saonella saonica Rozova 1968
G. †Wanwanaspis Kobayashi 1966
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†Wanwanaspis pygidion Shergold 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-12-19 04:05:28
Modified: 2009-12-19 06:05:28
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Taijangian to the top of the Demingian or 506.50000 to 483.40000 Ma

Collections (276 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) Blountia sp., Kingstonia sp. (231)
Cambrian538.8 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland) Blountia sp. (195766) Kingstonia sp. (196375 196376)
Delamaran509.7 - 505.3USA (Utah) Brachyaspidion sulcatum (77219)
Taijangian506.5 - 504.5China (Hunan) Kingstonia euryaxis (49150 49151 49153)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Brachyaspidion sp. (216)
St Davids506.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Brachyaspidion sp. (122017)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5USA (South Dakota) Bynumia eumus (8272) Kingstonia spicata (8242 8243 8281) Kingstonia spicata, Bynumia eumus (8246) Kingstonia spicta (8247)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Greenland (Peary Land) Blountia bella (49488) Kingstonia peltata (49482)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Canada (Yukon) Blountia beltensis (9874)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Utah) Brachyaspidion microps (56144) Brachyaspidion microps, Brachyaspidion sulcatum (230682) Brachyaspidion sulcatum (77272) Ithycephalus stricklandi (230681)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Quebec) Homodictya imitatrix, Kingstonia quebecensis, Kingstonia gaspensis, Blountia nasuta (235509) Kingstonia gaspensis, Blountia gaspensis, Kingstonia walcotti (235503)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Vermont) Bynumia sp. (222)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) Blountia assimilis (78733) Blountia assimilis, Blountia ovata (78735) Blountia ovata (78734 78738) Blountia sp., Blountia ovata (228) Kingstonia pontotocensis (14438 208618 208620 208621 208751 208754 208844)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) Blountia sp., Kingstonia sp. (196095) Bynumia sp. (195678) Kingstonia sp. (196025 196074)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Alabama) Blountia bristolensis (75642) Kingstonia appalachia (75640)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Missouri) Komaspidella laevis (214843 214844)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (British Columbia) Brachyaspidion sp., Brachyaspidion sulcata (122072)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland (Peary Land) Ankoura sp., Blountia sp. 1, Bynumia metisensis (49435) Ankoura sp., Blountia sp. 2, Bynumia metisensis (49449) Ankoura sp., Bynumia metisensis, Kingstonia peltata (49450) Bynumia metisensis (49433 49434 49453 49483)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Montana) Blountia cora, Blountia janei (235506 235511)
Marjumian - Steptoean504.5 - 493.5Canada (Newfoundland) Komaspidella sp. (196099)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0China (Nei Mongol) Kingstonia neimonggolensis (129775 129807)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) Blountia mimula (198257) Kingstonia ara (198255) Kingstonia sp. (197977) Kingstonia vagrans (198258)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) Ankoura apicalis (208731) Ankoura apicalis, Blountia sp. (208730) Blountia sp. (208668 208686) Blountia sp., Kingstonia pontotocensis (208685 208986) Kingstonia pontotocensis (208681 208684 208850) Kingstonia pototocensis, Protillaenus sp. (208662) Protillaenus sp. (208679)
Maduan497.0 - 495.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyar) Buttsina ignota, Saonella saonica (131070)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 493.6USA (South Dakota) Blountia nixonensis (8937)
Dresbachian - Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Komaspidella laevis (54236 78935)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Pennsylvania) Bynumina terrenda (156632 156634 156669 156670)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Texas) Blountia nixonensis (208992)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) Blountia bristolensis (111321) Bynumina globosa (110632 114296 114607)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Blountia newfoundlandensis (235510)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (South Dakota) Blountia bristolensis (7293 7376 7397 7405 7685 8022)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Nevada) Komaspidella occidentalis (10505)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming-Montana) Blountia sp., Kingstonia sp. (233)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Blountia arion, Kingstonia walcotti (55220) Blountia beltensis, Kingstonia bealesoides, Bynumia eumus (55211) Blountia montanensis, Kingstonia scrinium (55279) Blountia montanensis, Kingstonia scrinium, Bynumia eumus (55222) Blountia sp., Kingstonia walcotti (55221) Kingstonia walcotti (55213 55215 55216 55217)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) Ankoura triangularis, Blountia arcuosa, Blountia arion, Blountia eleanora, Blountia sp., Kingstonia bealesoides, Kingstonia walcotti (7374) Ankoura triangularis, Blountia arion, Blountia eleanora, Kingstonia scrinium, Komaspidella lata, Kingstonia walcotti (7294) Ankoura triangularis, Blountia sp., Blountia eleanora, Kingstonia bealesoides, Kingstonia scrinium (7375) Blountia arcuosa, Kingstonia walcotti (7183) Blountia arion, Blountia eleanora, Blountia sp., Kingstonia walcotti (7402) Blountia arion, Blountia eleanora, Kingstonia walcotti (7686 8021) Blountia arion, Kingstonia walcotti (7396) Blountia arion, Kingstonia walcottia (7404) Blountia bristolensis (7377) Blountia eleanora, Kingstonia scrinium (7286) Blountia eleanora, Kingstonia walcotti (7184) Kingstonia bealesoides, Kingstonia walcotti (7201 7284) Kingstonia bealesoides, Kingstonia walcotti, Blountia janei (7285) Kingstonia scrinium (7400) Kingstonia walcotti (7182 7187 7190 7193 7277 7403 8023 8082) Komaspidella hata, Kingstonia walcotti (7186) Komaspidella lata, Kingstonia walcotti, Blountia janei (7199)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland) Blountia sp. (196379)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Northwest Territories) Kingstonia sp. (25605)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Virginia) Blountia bristolensis, Maryvillia bristolensis (235502) Blountia virginica, Komaspidella laevis (62202) Kingstonia sp., Blountia virginica, Komaspidella lata (62201)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) Ankoura sp., Blountia sp., Bynumia sp. (227) Ankoura sp., Blountia sp., Kingstonia sp. (225) Bynumia sp. (224) Kingstonia walcotti, Blountia cora, Blountia janei (8076)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Montana) Blountia sp. (236)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Blountia terranovica (54235 78934) Kingstonia pelata, Blountia terranovica (78933)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Tennessee) Kingstonia inflata, Blountia alexas, Blountia montanensis (235508)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) Blountia sp. (9625 158316)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Indiana) Blountia sp., Kingstonia sp. (232)
Dresbachian - Franconian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Newfoundland) Bynumia sp. (197979)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Indiana) Bynumina sp. (245)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Montana) Bynumiella sp. (246) Bynumina sp. (243)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) Bynumina sp. (266) Pugionicauda paradoxa (9734)
Franconian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) Bynumina caelata (9194 9198) Bynumina caelata, Bynumina lirae (9192) Bynumina lirae (9191)
Franconian - Dolgellian497.0 - 486.85USA (Missouri) Bynumina lirae (9586)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Utah) Blountia sp. (156421 156422) Blountia sp., Kingstonia sp. (156419 156420 156423 156424 156425 156427) Kingstonia sp. (156415 156426 156479 156482 156483)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Alberta) Larifugula leonensis (229380) Larifugula triangulata (229379)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85USA (Arkansas) Bynumina terrenda (229131)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) Ankoura apicalis, Kingstonia apion (77670) Ankoura orbiculata, Kingstonia apion (77672) Ankoura orbiculata, Kingstonia ulrichi, Kingstonia apion, Kingstonia walcotti (77661) Ankoura sublettensis, Kingstonia trapezoidia, Kingstonia ulrichi, Kingstonia apion, Kingstonia ara, Kingstonia walcotti (77696) Blountia prolifica (77689 77692) Blountia prolifica, Kingstonia apion (77687) Blountia sp. 1 (77690 77707) Blountia waddlensis (77700) Blountia waddlensis, Blountia warriorensis, Kingstonia trapezoidia, Kingstonia ulrichi, Kingstonia apion (77697) Ithycephalus sp., Ankoura apicalis, Ankoura sublettensis, Kingstonia cheilusis, Kingstonia trapezoidia, Kingstonia ulrichi, Kingstonia apion (77693) Ithycephalus sp., Kingstonia ara (77674) Kingstonia apion (77686 77698) Kingstonia trapezoidia (77678) Kingstonia trapezoidia, Kingstonia apion (77663 77676) Kingstonia ulrichi, Kingstonia apion, Kingstonia walcotti (77685) Kingstonia ulrichi, Kingstonia trapezoidia (77684) Kingstonia ulrichi, Kingstonia trapezoidia, Kingstonia apion, Kingstonia walcotti (77682)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9Canada (Alberta) Calvipelta spinosa, Bynumina vescula (54094) Calvipelta spinosa, Clelandia typicalis, Clelandia briscoensis (54093) Clelandia typicalis (81300 81303 81307) Pugionicauda paradoxa (54091 54092)
Sunwaptan493.5 - 488.9USA (Oklahoma) Bynumiella oklahomensis (240469) Bynumina vescula (240418 240440 240441 240443 240445 240447 240448 240459 240461 240462)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Anhui) Wanwanaspis pygidion (127534) Wanwanaspis sp. 1, Wanwanaspis sp. 2 (127536) Wanwanaspis wannanensis (127322 127324)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Hebei) Wanwanaspis sp. (129619)
Dolgellian490.2 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) Bynumina n. sp. (62094) Bynumina sp. (62095) Bynumina terrenda (62080 62081)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Utah) Clelandia texana (219671)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85Canada (Alberta) Larifugula leonensis (54119)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) Clelandia typicalis (9767 9769 9771)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Oklahoma) Bynumina vescula (221102)
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) Clelandia typicalis (9756 9758)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Utah) Clelandia sp. (106420) Clelandia utahensis (104163 104169 104170 104180 104183 104184)
Skullrockian488.9 - 483.4USA (Texas) Clelandia texana (219673)
Demingian486.85 - 483.4USA (New York) Clelandia sp. (427)
Demingian486.85 - 483.4Canada (Alberta) Clelandia sp. (50166)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Utah) Clelandia utahensis (103786 103906)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Idaho) Clelandia utahensis (103813 103826 103827)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (New Mexico) Clelandia texana (203900)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Nevada) Clelandia sp. (104342)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Montana) Clelandia sp. (210720)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (New York) Clelandia sp. (273)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (California) Clelandia bispina, Clelandia aspina (104643)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Yukon) Larifugula leonensis (55315)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (New York) Clelandia parabola (174036 174037 174042 174043) Harrisia parabola (189361)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Larifugula leonensis (81290)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) Clelandia albertensis, Clelandia sp. (229374)
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1South Korea (Hwanghae-namdo) Kingstonia semicircularis, Kingstonia convexa, Kingstonia humilis (39398)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1USA (Utah) Clelandia sp. (276)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1USA (Montana) Clelandia sp. (275)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) Clelandia albertensis (11019 11022 11024 11027 11028 11033 11034 11036 11037 11038 11039 11044) Clelandia sp. (11046) Clelandia texana, Clelandia albertensis (54122)