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Kingstonia ✝
| Description | Kingstonia is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived from 501 to 490 million years ago during the Dresbachian faunal stage of the late Cambrian Period. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingstonia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Kingstoniidae : Kingstonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Kingstonia Walcott, 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Smithson. Misc. Coll., 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 513 - 505 Ma Cambrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 485 - 479 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) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingstonia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Kingstonia alabamensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia alia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia apion ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kingstonia ara ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kingstonia bosworthensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia cheilusis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia clevelandensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia electra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia gaspensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia glabra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia globosa ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Kingstonia gregalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia inflata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia kindlei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia loperi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia montanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia mucro species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia neimonggolensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kingstonia peltata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 513 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kingstonia plena species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia pontotocensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia promissa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia quebecensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia robsonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia rotundata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia shipleyensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia spicata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia sullivanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia texana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia trapezoidea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia tumida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia ulrichi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia vagrans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 501 Ma Cambrian | |
| Kingstonia virginica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia vulgata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Kingstonia walcotti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1924 | Kingstonia Walcott |
| 1936 | Kingstonia Resser p. 24 |
| 1992 | Kingstonia Westrop |
| 2002 | Kingstonia Jell and Adrain p. 392 |
| 2002 | Kingstonia Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
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!
