Korobovia Korovnikov, 2007,[1] 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.[2]
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Etymology
editThe 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.
References
edit- ^ 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. Bibcode:2007PalJ...41..614K. doi:10.1134/S0031030107060044. S2CID 128398586.
- ^ SEPKOSKI, J. (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.
- 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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