Cobboldites
Cobboldites Temporal range: Botomian | |
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drawing of Cobboldites comleyensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Trilobita |
Order: | Agnostida |
Family: | Weymouthiidae |
Genus: | Cobboldites Kobayashi, 1943 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
Microdiscus comleyensis |
Cobboldites is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. 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.
References
- 1 2 Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Trilobita entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-12.
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