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Blountia

Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Blountia Walcott p. 396
1937Homodictya Raymond
1937Protillaenus Raymond
1992Blountia Westrop
2002Blountia Jell and Adrain p. 350
2002Blountia Sepkoski
2002Homodictya Sepkoski

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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
genusBlountia

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.

G. †Blountia Walcott 1916
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Blountia alemon Walcott 1916
Blountia alexas Walcott 1916
Blountia amage 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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
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 11:54:57
Modified: 2009-02-26 13:54:57
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Guzhangian to the top of the Maentwrogian or 500.50000 to 496.80000 Ma

Collections (85 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) B. sp. (231)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland) B. sp. (195766)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Greenland (Peary Land) B. bella (49488)
Menevian504.5 - 499.5Canada (Yukon) B. beltensis (9874)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Montana) B. cora, B. janei (235506 235511)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) B. assimilis (78733) B. assimilis, B. ovata (78735) B. ovata (78734 78738) B. sp., B. ovata (228)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) B. sp. (196095)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Greenland (Peary Land) B. sp. 1 (49435) B. sp. 2 (49449)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0USA (Alabama) B. bristolensis (75642)
Marjumian504.5 - 497.0Canada (Quebec) B. gaspensis (235503) Homodictya imitatrix, B. nasuta (235509)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0USA (Texas) B. sp. (208668 208685 208686 208730 208986) Protillaenus sp. (208662 208679)
Guzhangian500.5 - 497.0Canada (Newfoundland) B. mimula (198257)
Maentwrogian497.0 - 496.8USA (South Dakota) B. nixonensis (8937)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (South Dakota) B. bristolensis (7293 7376 7397 7405 7685 8022)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Nevada) B. bristolensis (111321)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5USA (Texas) B. nixonensis (208992)
Steptoean497.0 - 493.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) B. newfoundlandensis (235510)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) B. terranovica (54235 78933 78934)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (South Dakota) B. arcuosa (7183) B. arcuosa, B. arion, B. eleanora, B. sp. (7374) B. arion (7396 7404) B. arion, B. eleanora (7294 7686 8021) B. arion, B. eleanora, B. sp. (7402) B. bristolensis (7377) B. eleanora (7184 7286) B. janei (7199 7285) B. sp., B. eleanora (7375)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming-Montana) B. sp. (233)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Yukon) B. arion (55220) B. beltensis (55211) B. montanensis (55222 55279) B. sp. (55221)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Virginia) B. bristolensis, Maryvillia bristolensis (235502) B. virginica (62201 62202)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Indiana) B. sp. (232)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Montana) B. sp. (236)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Wyoming) B. cora, B. janei (8076) B. sp. (225 227)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Missouri) B. sp. (9625 158316)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4Canada (Newfoundland) B. sp. (196379)
Dresbachian497.0 - 485.4USA (Tennessee) B. alexas, B. montanensis (235508)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4USA (Utah) B. sp. (156419 156420 156421 156422 156423 156424 156425 156427)
Merioneth497.0 - 485.4USA (Pennsylvania) B. prolifica (77687 77689 77692) B. sp. 1 (77690 77707) B. waddlensis (77700) B. waddlensis, B. warriorensis (77697)