Cobboldites Explained

Cobboldites Kobayashi, 1943, ^[1] is a genus of Eodiscinid trilobite belonging to the family Weymouthiidae Kobayashi T. (1943), Order Agnostida (Salter 1864) ^[2] It lived during the Botomian stage, 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) ^[3] is from the lower Cambrian of Comley Quarry, Shropshire, England.

Cobboldites itsariensis Geyer, 1988. ^[4] is from the Lower Cambrian of Morocco.

Notes and References

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