Trilobita - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Alternative combination: Kawina sexapugia
Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1951. Stratigraphy of the Garden City Formation in northeastern Utah, and its trilobite faunas. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 6:1-161
Belongs to Forteyops according to A. Pribyl et al. 1985
See also Ross 1951
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: YPM 18289, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Locality 13, Round Hill, Zone "J", which is in a Blackhillsian shallow subtidal limestone/chert in the Garden City Formation of Utah.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: Utah collections)
• Ibexian of Norway (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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