Chiozoon
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| Chiozoon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| 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.[1] It was described by Philip D. Lane in 1972, and the type species is Chiozoon cowiei.[2]