Kathwaia

Kathwaia Temporal range: Middle Permian–Late permian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Artist's reconstruction of Kathwaia capitorosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	†Artiopoda
Class:	†Trilobita
Order:	†Proetida
Family:	†Phillipsiidae
Subfamily:	†Bollandiinae
Genus:	†Kathwaia Grant, 1966

Kathwaia is a genus of trilobite known from the late Permian of Pakistan. It is notable for being one of the five last-known trilobites.^[1][2]

Taxonomy

The genus is in the family Phillipsiidae, just like all the last trilobites (except for what is doubtfully Cheiropyge).^[2][3] The genus' type species, K. capitorosa, is now considered a junior synonym of K. caucasica.^[4]

Species

Some of the know species:

• Kathwaia caucasica
• Kathwaia girtyi

References

1. "Kathwaia".
2. "The Last Trilobites". www.trilobites.info.
3. III, Dr. Samuel M. Gon. "PROETIDA FACT SHEET". www.trilobites.info.
4. Mychko, Eduard V. (2025-05-24). "Lopingian (Late Permian) trilobites from the North Caucasus, Russia, with an overview of their distribution worldwide". Palaeontologia Electronica. 28 (2): 1–51. doi:10.26879/1399. ISSN 1094-8074.