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Kingstoniidae ✝

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Brachyaspidion microps

Millard County, Utah, USA

Brachyaspidion microps

Millard County, Utah, USA

Brachyaspidion microps

Millard County, Utah, USA

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	133733	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=133733

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Kingstoniidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
subclass	Libristoma	Fortey 1990
order	Ptychopariida	Swinnerton 1915
family	Kingstoniidae	Kobayashi 1935

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Kingstoniidae	family	belongs to Ptychopariida	stated with evidence	Whittington et al., 1997
Kingstoniidae	family	belongs to Ptychopariida	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002
Kingstoniidae	family	belongs to Trilobita	stated without evidence	Adrain, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Trilobita)

Vision

well-developed (based on Kingstoniidae)

Diet

carnivore (based on Trilobita)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. A. Jell and J. M. Adrain. 2002. Available generic names for trilobites. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48(2):331-553

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ankoura ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	14	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Blountia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	85	513 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Brachyaspidion ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	7	513 Ma Cambrian	513 Ma Cambrian
Bynumia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	17	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Bynumiella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Bynumina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	20	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Calvipelta ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	499 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Clelandia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	49	501 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Ithycephalus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Kingstonia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	119	513 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Komaspidella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	513 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Larifugula ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	501 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Maryvillia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	10	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Pugionicauda ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Saonella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	501 Ma Cambrian	501 Ma Cambrian
Wanwanaspis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	499 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1935	Kingstoniidae Kobayashi
1997	Kingstoniidae Whittington et al. p. 302
2002	Kingstoniidae Jell and Adrain p. 473
2011	Kingstoniidae Adrain p. 108

References

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

Whittington H. B., Chatterton B. D. E., et al (1997) Trilobita. Introduction, Order Agnostina, Order Redlichiida. Volume 1, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology O, 1-530

Adrain J. M. (2011) Class Trilobita Walch, 1771, Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 3148, 104-109

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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