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Pseudocobboldia pulchra

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Weymouthiidae

Taxonomy
Cobboldia pulchra was named by Hupe (1953) [Cobboldia (?) pulchra]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ourika Wawrmas OW1, which is in an Atdabanian/Botomian marine horizon in the Issafen Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Pseudocobboldia.

It was recombined as Pseudocobboldia pulchra by Geyer and Malinky (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Cobboldia pulchra Hupe pp. 112-114 figs. P1. 11, fig. 21; not P1. 11, figs. 22- 23
1953Cobboldia pulchra Hupé pp. 112-114 figs. P1. 11, fig. 21; not P1. 11, figs. 22- 23
1997Pseudocobboldia pulchra Geyer and Malinky p. 625 figs. 5.1-5.5, 5.19, 8.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderEodiscina
familyWeymouthiidaeKobayashi 1943
genusPseudocobboldiaHupé 1960
speciespulchra(Hupe 1953)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 02:47:26
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:47:26
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Toyonian or 521.00000 to 508.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.1Morocco (High Atlas) Cobboldia pulchra (225163)
Toyonian512.1 - 508.2Morocco Pseudocobboldia pulchra (9123)