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Blountia
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
Taxonomy
Blountia was named by Walcott (1916). Its type is Blountia mimula.
It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Kingstoniidae by Westrop (1992) and Jell and Adrain (2002).
It was assigned to Ptychopariida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Kingstoniidae by Westrop (1992) and Jell and Adrain (2002).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1916 | Blountia Walcott |
| 1937 | Homodictya Raymond |
| 1937 | Protillaenus Raymond |
| 1992 | Blountia Westrop |
| 2002 | Blountia Jell and Adrain p. 350 |
| 2002 | Blountia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Homodictya Sepkoski, Jr. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available