Chiozoon

Chiozoon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Phacopida
Family: †Cheiruridae
Genus: †Chiozoon
Lane, 1972

Chiozoon is a cheirurid phacopid trilobite that existed during the lower Silurian of what is now northeastern Greenland. It was described by Philip D. Lane in 1972, and the type species is Chiozoon cowiei.

References

  1. ↑ Lane, P. D. "New trilobites from the Silurian of Northeast Greenland, with a note on a trilobite faunas in pure limestones." Palaeontology 15 (1972): 336-364.
  2. ↑ Available Generic Names for Trilobites P. A. Jell & J. M. Adrain.