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Niobe quadraticaudata

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus quadraticaudatus was named by Billings (1865) [Lectotype selected by Whittington 1965]. Its type specimen is GSC 654 (lectotype), a pygidium, and it is a mold.

It was recombined as Niobe quadraticaudata by Raymond (1925).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Asaphus quadraticaudatus Billings p. 272 fig. 258
1925Niobe quadraticaudata Raymond p. 76 figs. Plate 3, fig. 20; Plate 6, fig. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNiobinaeJaanusson 1959
genusNiobeAngelin 1851
speciesquadraticaudata(Billings 1865)

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.

Niobe quadraticaudata Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
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