Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Full reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1965. Early Ordovician trilobites from the Seward Peninsula, Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 39(1):17-20
Belongs to Niobella according to R. J., Jr. Ross 1965
Sister taxa: Niobe (Niobella) bohlini, Niobe (Niobella) homfrayi, Niobe (Niobella) imparilimbata, Niobe (Niobella) inflecta, Niobe (Niobella) laeviceps, Niobe (Niobella) obscura, Niobe (Niobella) obsoleta, Niobella birchensis, Niobella kozhuchensis, Niobella primaeva, Niobella sanduensis, Niobella tianjiapingensis, Niobella yangjiawanensis
Type specimen: USNM 144236, a cephalon/head (cranidium). Its type locality is Lost River USGS D1067 CO, which is in an Ordovician carbonate limestone in Alaska.
Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Alaska collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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