Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae
Alternative combination: Cydonocephalus griphus
Full reference: H. B. Whittington. 1963. Middle Ordovician trilobites from Lower Head, western Newfoundland. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 129(1):1-118
Belongs to Kawina according to C. R. Congreve and B. S. Lieberman 2011
See also Adrain and Fortey 1997 and Whittington 1963
Sister taxa: Kawina arnoldi, Kawina chazyensis, Kawina divergens, Kawina limbata, Kawina mercurius, Kawina prolificus, Kawina prominulus, Kawina scrobiculus, Kawina sinica, Kawina torulus, Kawina trentonensis, Kawina vulcanus, Kawina webbi, Kawina wilsoni
Type specimen: GSC 16272, a cephalon/head (with hypostome). Its type locality is Alpha Boulder, Table Head, which is in a Whiterockian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Alpha Boulder, Table Head
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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