Kathwaia

Kathwaia
Temporal range: Middle Permian–Late permian
Artist's reconstruction of Kathwaia capitorosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: †Artiopoda
Class: †Trilobita
Order: †Proetida
Family: †Phillipsiidae
Subfamily: †Bollandiinae
Genus: †Kathwaia
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.

Taxonomy

The genus is in the family Phillipsiidae, just like all the last trilobites (except for what is doubtfully Cheiropyge). The genus' type species, K. capitorosa, is now considered a junior synonym of K. caucasica.

Species

Some of the know species:

References

  1. ↑ "Kathwaia".
  2. 1 2 "The Last Trilobites". www.trilobites.info.
  3. ↑ III, Dr. Samuel M. Gon. "PROETIDA FACT SHEET". www.trilobites.info.
  4. ↑ Mychko, Eduard V. (2025-05-24). "Lopingian (Late Permian) trilobites from the North Caucasus, Russia, with an overview of their distribution worldwide". Palaeontologia Electronica. 28 (2): 1–51. doi:10.26879/1399. ISSN 1094-8074.