Cobboldites
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| Cobboldites Temporal range: [1] | |
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| drawing of Cobboldites comleyensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | †Artiopoda |
| Class: | †Trilobita (?) |
| Order: | †Agnostida |
| Family: | †Weymouthiidae |
| Genus: | †Cobboldites Kobayashi, 1943 |
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| Synonyms | |
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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.