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Kathwaia capitorosa

Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae

Taxonomy
Kathwaia capitorosa was named by Grant (1966). Its type specimen is USNM 145320, an exoskeleton, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Kathwai-Kushab Road (5.5 miles S of Kathwai), Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale/limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Kathwaia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Kathwaia capitorosa Grant p. 71 figs. Pl 13, figs 1a-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
orderProetidaFortey and Owens 1975
superfamilyProetoideaHawle and Corda 1847
familyPhillipsiidaeOehlert 1886
subfamilyBollandiinaeHahn and Brauckmann 1988
genusKathwaia
speciescapitorosa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Kathwaia capitorosa Grant 1966
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Diagnosis
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