Cobboldites

Cobboldites
Temporal range:
drawing of Cobboldites comleyensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Trilobita (?)
Order: Agnostida
Family: Weymouthiidae
Genus: Cobboldites
Kobayashi, 1943
Species
  • C. comleyensis (Cobbold, 1910)
  • C. itsariensis Geyer, 1988.
Synonyms

Microdiscus comleyensis

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