Korobovia

Korobovia is an extinct genus from a well-known class of fossil marine arthropods, the trilobites. It lived during the later part of the Botomian stage, which lasted from approximately 524 to 518.5 million years ago. This faunal stage was part of the Cambrian Period.[1]

Korobovia
Temporal range: Late Botomian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Trilobita
Order:
Agnostida
Suborder:
Eodiscina
Superfamily:
Eodiscoidea
Family:
Calodiscidae
Genus:
Korobovia

Korovnikov, 2007
species
  • K. ocellata Jell, 1990 type species
  • K. khorbosuonica Korovnikov, 2007

Etymology

The genus has been named after the Russian paleontologist M.N. Korobov. The species epithet khorbosuonica refers to the Khorbosuonka River (a tributary of the Olenyok River), in the vicinity of which fossils of this species have been found.[2]

References
  1. Sepkoski, Jack (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. Korovnikov, I.V. (2007). "Trilobites of the Suborder Eodiscina from the Lower Cambrian of the Northeastern Siberian Platform (Khorbosuonka River Section)". Paleontological Journal. 41 (6): 614–620. doi:10.1134/S0031030107060044. S2CID 128398586.
  • Ceregato A., Raffi S. & Scarponi D. (2006) The circa-littoral/bathyal paleocommunities in the Middle Pliocene of Northern Italy: The case of the Korobkovia oblonga - Jupiteria concava paleocommunity type. Geobios, 40: 555-572


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