Kailia

Kailia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita
Order: Phacopida
Family: Encrinuridae
Genus: Kailia
W. Zhang, 1974
Species
  • A. quadrisulcata Chang, 1974

Kailia is a trilobite 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.
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