Kawina prolificus Billings 1865 (trilobite)

Artiopoda - Phacopida - Cheiruridae

Alternative combinations: Cheirurus prolificus, Cydonocephalus prolificus

Belongs to Kawina according to C. R. Congreve and B. S. Lieberman 2011

See also Adrain and Fortey 1997, Billings 1865 and Whittington 1963

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

Type specimen: GSC 687, a cephalon/head

Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

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

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