''Chiozoon'' is a

cheirurid Cheiruridae is a family of phacopid trilobites of the suborder Cheirurina. Its members, as with other members of the suborder, had distinctive pygidium, pygidia modified into finger-like spines. They first appeared in the uppermost Cambrian (uppe ...

phacopid Phacopidae is a family of phacopid trilobites that ranges from the Lower Ordovician to the Upper Devonian, with representatives in all paleocontinents. Description As in all Phacopina, the eyes (if present) consist of very large (0.5 mm in ' ...

trilobite that existed during the lower

Silurian The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the shortest period of the Paleozo ...

of what is now northeastern Greenland.Lane, P. D. "New trilobites from the Silurian of Northeast Greenland, with a note on a trilobite faunas in pure limestones." Palaeontology 15 (1972): 336-364. It was described by Philip D. Lane in 1972, and the type species is ''Chiozoon cowiei''.Available Generic Names for Trilobites
P. A. Jell & J. M. Adrain.

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''Chiozoon''
at the Paleobiology Database Silurian trilobites of North America Fossil taxa described in 1972 Extinct animals of Canada Paleozoic life of Ontario Cheiruridae Phacopida genera {{Phacopida-stub