Kawina vulcanus Billings 1865 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Alternative combination: Cheirurus vulcanus

Belongs to Kawina according to F.C. Shaw 1968

See also Raymond 1925 and Whittington 1963

Sister taxa: Kawina arnoldi, Kawina chazyensis, Kawina divergens, Kawina griphus, Kawina limbata, Kawina mercurius, Kawina prolificus, Kawina prominulus, Kawina scrobiculus, Kawina sinica, Kawina torulus, Kawina trentonensis, Kawina webbi, Kawina wilsoni

Type specimen: GSC 669 (lectotype), a cephalon/head (cranidium)

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Alpha Boulder, Table Head ( of Newfoundland and Labrador)

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