Cobboldites
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drawing of Cobboldites comleyensis
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Cobboldites
Kobayashi, 1943
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- C. comleyensis (Cobbold, 1910)
- C. itsariensis Geyer, 1988.
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Microdiscus comleyensis
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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.
- ^ 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.