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Niobe morrisi

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus morrisii was named by Billings (1865) [Lectotype selected by Whittington 1965. ]. Its type specimen is GSC 656 (lectotype), a pygidium, and it is a mold.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. incerta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Asaphus morrisii Billings p. 272
1925Niobe morrisi Raymond p. 78 figs. Plate 6, fig. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNiobinaeJaanusson 1959
genusNiobeAngelin 1851
speciesmorrisi(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 morrisi Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 11:40:33
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:40:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: Whiterockian or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Niobe morrisi (104861) asaphid morrisi (104807)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Niobe morrisi (104857 104862 104868) asaphid morrisi (104809 104810 104811 104813 104817 104864)