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Kingstonia walcotti

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae

Taxonomy
Kingstonia walcotti was named by Resser (1938). Its type specimen is USNM 94937, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Kingstonia walcotti Resser p. 83 figs. Plate 12, figures 3, 4
2000Kingstonia walcotti Stitt and Perfetta p. 213 fig. 10.13–10.18

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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
genusKingstoniaWalcott 1924
specieswalcotti

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.

Kingstonia walcotti Resser 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-02-26 11:44:58
Modified: 2009-02-26 13:44:58
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Marjumian to the top of the Merioneth or 504.50000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Quebec) Kingstonia walcotti (235503)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (South Dakota) Kingstonia walcotti (7182 7183 7184 7186 7187 7190 7193 7199 7201 7277 7284 7285 7294 7374 7396 7402 7403 7686 8021 8023 8082)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85USA (Wyoming) Kingstonia walcotti (8076)
Dresbachian497.0 - 486.85Canada (Yukon) Kingstonia walcotti (55213 55215 55216 55217 55220 55221)
Merioneth497.0 - 486.85USA (Pennsylvania) Kingstonia walcotti (77661 77682 77685 77696)