Kailia

Kailia
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Artiopoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Encrinuridae
Genus:
W. Zhang, 1974
Species
  • Kailia quadrisulcata Chang, 1974

Kailia is a genus of trilobites in the order Phacopida (family Encrinuridae) that existed during the lower Silurian in what is now China. It was described by W. Zhang in 1974, and the type species is Kailia quadrisulcata. The type locality was the Xiushan Formation in Sichuan.[1]

References

  1. ^ Available Generic Names for Trilobites P.A. Jell and J.M. Adrain.