Cobboldites
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Cobboldites Kobayashi, 1943, [2] is a genus of Eodiscinid trilobite belonging to the family Weymouthiidae Kobayashi T. (1943), Order Agnostida (Salter 1864) [3] It lived during the Botomian stage, [1] which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.
Species[edit]
Cobboldites comleyensis (Cobbold, 1910) [4] is from the lower Cambrian of Comley Quarry (grid reference SO 482 964), Shropshire, England.
Cobboldites itsariensis Geyer, 1988. [5] is from the Lower Cambrian of Morocco.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Sepkoski, J. (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Archived from the original on 2006-09-05. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
- ^ Kobayahsi T. 1943. Brief notes on the Eodiscids 1, their classification with a description of a new species and a new variety, Proceedings of the Imperial Academy, Tokyo, Volume 19, pp. 37-42.
- ^ Salter, J. W. 1864: On some new fossils from the Lingula-flags of Wales. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 20, 233–241.
- ^ Cobbold, E. S. 1910. On some small trilobites from the Cambrian rocks of Comley (Shropshire). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 46, 19-51.
- ^ Geyer, G. 1988. Agnostida aus dem höheren Unterkambrium und der Mittelkambrium von Marokko. Teil 2: Eodiscina. Neues Jahrbuchfiir Geologie und Palaeontologie, Ablzandlungen, 177: 93-133.
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