Kathwaia

Kathwaia
Temporal range:
Artist's reconstruction of Kathwaia capitorosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Proetida
Family: †Phillipsiidae
Genus: †
Grant, 1966

Kathwaia is a genus of trilobite known from the late Permian of Pakistan. It is notable for being one of the five last-known trilobites.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The genus is in the family Phillipsiidae, just like all the last trilobites (except for Cheiropyge).[2][3]

Species

There are two species, they are:

  • Kathwaia capitorosa
  • Kathwaia girtyi

References

  1. ^ "Kathwaia".
  2. ^ a b "The Last Trilobites". www.trilobites.info.
  3. ^ III, Dr. Samuel M. Gon. "PROETIDA FACT SHEET". www.trilobites.info.
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