Kathwaia
Genus of late trilobite
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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]
| Kathwaia Temporal range: | |
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| Artist's reconstruction of Kathwaia capitorosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita |
| Order: | †Proetida |
| Family: | †Phillipsiidae |
| Subfamily: | †Bollandiinae |
| Genus: | †Kathwaia Grant, 1966 |
Taxonomy
The genus is in the family Phillipsiidae, just like all the last trilobites (except for what is doubtfully Cheiropyge).[2][3] The genus' type species, K. capitorosa, is now considered a junior synonym of K. caucasica.[4]
Species
Some of the know species:
- Kathwaia caucasica
- Kathwaia girtyi