Kathwaia

Kathwaia Temporal range: Middle Permian–Late permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Artist's reconstruction of Kathwaia capitorosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	† Artiopoda
Class:	† Trilobita
Order:	† Proetida
Family:	† Phillipsiidae
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. ^{[1] [2]}

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

References

1. "Kathwaia".
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.