Cobboldites

Cobboldites Temporal range: Botomian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
drawing of Cobboldites comleyensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	† Artiopoda
Class:	† Trilobita (?)
Order:	† Agnostida
Family:	† Weymouthiidae
Genus:	† Cobboldites Kobayashi, 1943
Species
C. comleyensis(Cobbold, 1910) C. itsariensisGeyer, 1988.
Synonyms
Microdiscus comleyensis

Cobboldites ^[2] is a genus of eodiscinid trilobite belonging to the family Weymouthiidae, order Agnostida. ^[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

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.