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Niobinae

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Niobinae was named by Jaanusson (1959). Its type is Niobe.

It was assigned to Asaphidae by Neuman and Bruton (1974), Fortey (1975), Hoel (1999), Zhou and Zhou (2019).

Subtaxa
Gog, Lapidaria, Niobe (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Niobinae Jaanusson
1974Niobinae Neuman and Bruton
1975Niobinae Fortey
1999Niobinae Hoel
2019Niobinae Zhou and Zhou p. 156

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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
subfamilyNiobinaeJaanusson 1959

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.

Subfm. †Niobinae Jaanusson 1959
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G. †Gog Fortey 1975
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†Gog catillus Fortey 1975
†Gog yangtzeensis Lu 1975
G. †Lapidaria Tjernvik 1956
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†Lapidaria rugosa Tjernvik 1956
†Lapidaria tenella Tjernvik 1956
G. †Niobe Angelin 1851
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Subg. †Niobe (Niobella) Reed 1931
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†Niobe (Niobella) bohlini Tjernvik 1956
†Niobe (Niobella) inflecta Harrington and Leanza 1957
†Niobe (Niobella) obscura Zhou and Zhou 2019
†Niobe (Niobella) obsoleta Linnarsson 1869
†Niobella birchensis Bao and Jago 2000
†Niobella kanauguki Ross 1965
†Niobella kozhuchensis Petrunina 1973
†Niobella primaeva Westergard 1909
†Niobella sanduensis Chien 1961
†Niobe feitleri Holliday 1942
†Niobe flabellifera Fortey 1975
†Niobe frontalis Dalman 1827
†Niobe groenlandica Poulsen 1937
†Niobe morrisi Billings 1865
†Niobe occulta Fortey 1975
†Niobe quadraticaudata Billings 1865
†Niobe vogti Strand 1948
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Ibexian to the top of the Ashbyan or 488.90000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (193 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) Niobella altaiensis (203913 203914) Niobella sp. (203915 203916)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Norway (Nes-Hamar) Niobella primaeva (194107)
Furongian497.0 - 486.85Sweden (Skåne) Niobella primaeva (194105)
Paibian - Taoyuanian497.0 - 486.85China (Hunan) Niobella yangjiawanensis (130015)
Furongian - Tremadoc497.0 - 477.1Norway (Oslo-Asker) Niobella primaeva (194106)
Furongian - Tremadocian497.0 - 477.1Russian Federation (Siberia) Niobella sp. (205378)
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean495.2 - 486.85China (Zhejiang) Niobella yangjiawanensis (125526)
Batyrbaian491.5 - 486.85Russian Federation (Siberia) Niobella altaiensis (205625)
Batyrbaian491.5 - 486.85Kazakhstan Niobella kozhuchensis (118905 118907 118908 118909 118910)
Batyrbaian - Tremadocian491.5 - 477.1Russian Federation (Siberia) Niobella altaiensis, Niobella sp. (205624)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Hunan) Niobella bella (107334 107335 126681 126682 126730 126731) Niobella sanduensis (107328) Niobella tianjiapingensis (126724)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Anhui) Niobella sp. 1 (127534)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85Türkiye Niobella sp. (133723)
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85Russian Federation (Sakha) Niobella sp. (133626)
Payntonian - Datsonian491.0 - 486.85Australia (Tasmania) Niobella birchensis (62280 62281)
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Niobe occulta (106475)
Gasconadian486.85 - 477.1USA (Nevada) Niobella sp. (104518)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Norway Niobe sp. (190993)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1United Kingdom Niobella homfrayi (208223)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1Argentina Niobe inflecta (208287)
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3USA (Alaska) Niobella kanauguki (100358 101846)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) Gog sp. (190884 190989) Gog sp., Niobe bohlini, Lapidaria rugosa (190918) Gog sp., Niobe bohlini, Niobe longicauda (190978) Niobe bohlini (190879 190881 190882 190974 190986) Niobe bohlini, Niobe longicauda (190880) Niobe longicauda (190885 190886 190984) Niobe sp. (190920)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Norway (Akershus) Niobe bohlini, Niobe longicauda (190988)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Norway (Modum) Gog sp. (190990) Gog sp., Niobe longicauda (190923)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Sweden Lapidaria sp., Niobe sp., Niobella sp. (3195)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Norway Niobe bohlini (190970) Niobe bohlini, Niobe longicauda (190982)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Norway (Oslo-Asker) Niobe longicauda (190981)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Iran Gog sp. (66868)
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1United Kingdom (England) Niobella sp. (3663 3712)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Colombia Niobella sp. (8862)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (ZheJiang) Niobe sp. (7773 7774 7780 7816) Niobe sp., Niobella sp. (7802)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Guizhou) Niobella sp. (7367 7368 7369)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Canada (Alberta) Niobella sp. (10948)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Czechia Niobella innotata (3837)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1France (Montagne Noire) Niobella sp. (20829 76571)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Sweden Niobe insignis, Niobella obsoleta (3107 3108) Niobe sp. (3110)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Norway (Ovre Oren) Niobe obsoleta (75288)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) Hypermecaspis inflecta (115987)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Zhejian) Niobe huangnigangensis, Niobella sp. (235380)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (JiangXi) Niobe sp., Niobella sp. (7758 7759)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Norway (Ringsaker) Niobe insignis, Niobe obsoleta (190983)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Sweden (Västergötland) Gog sp., Lapidaria tenella (190969)
Varangu483.8 - 482.9Sweden Niobe spp. (172663)
Varangu483.8 - 482.9Norway (Oslo-Asker) Niobe insignis (185891)
Varangu483.8 - 482.9Norway (Oslo) Niobe insignis, Niobella obsoleta (3183)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (Nevada) Niobella sp. (278 104511)
Hunneberg482.9 - 475.6Sweden Niobe incerta, Niobella bohlini, Lapidaria rugosa (3194)
Tulean481.7 - 475.3USA (Idaho) Niobe sp. (103805)
Floian477.1 - 471.3China (Hunan) Niobella sp. (226639)
Floian477.1 - 471.3Russian Federation (Siberia) Lapidaria sp. (205383)
Floian477.1 - 471.3France (Montagne Noire) Niobella sp. (20820) Niobella subinsignis (20827)
Floian477.1 - 471.3China (Hubei) Niobe obscura (221197 221198 221200)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Norway Niobella sp. (3184)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) Niobe sp. (4715)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Niobe sp. (20831) Niobella sp. (20823)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Sweden Lapidaria sp., Niobe sp., Niobella sp. (3196 3198 3246) Lapidaria sp., Niobella sp. (3248) Niobe sp., Niobella sp. (3199) Niobella sp. (3249)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Greenland Niobe groenlandica (122080)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Shaanxi) Gog yangtzeensis (116195)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) Gog yangtzeensis (116201 116202)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Estonia Niobella sp. (191966)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Sweden (Närne) Niobella imparilimbata (192903)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Norway (Spitsbergen) Gog catillus, Niobe flabellifera, Niobe occulta (106473)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Estonia (Harju) Niobella sp. (191968)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Russian Federation Niobella imparilimbata (169217 169218)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Sweden Niobe emarginula (198230 198231) Niobe emarginula, Niobella bohlini (192718) Niobella bohlini (198186) Niobella imparilimbata (192904 198163 198169 198171 198176)
Blackhillsian - Rangerian475.3 - 470.3USA (Utah) Niobe sp. (103784)
Langevoja472.1 - 469.1Sweden Niobella sp. (198094 198107)
Hunderum472.1 - 465.9Sweden Niobella laeviceps (198054 198058)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Bathyurellus feitleri (104289) Niobe quadraticaudata (297 104453)
Castlemainian - Yapeenian471.3 - 469.4Ireland Niobe ornata (153922)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4USA (Utah) Bathyurellus feitleri (104202 104232)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Sweden (Bornholm) Niobe imparilimbata (173564 173600 173625 173626)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Russian Federation (Leningrag oblast) Niobe frontalis (235818)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Russian Federation Niobe sp. (157086 157106 157111 157113 157117 157118 157119 157121 157126 157133 157135)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Sweden Niobella imparilimbata (198157 198158) Niobella lindstroemi (198125 198130 198133 198134 198136)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Niobe quadraticaudata, Niobe morrisi (104861) Niobella quadraticaudatus (104805) Niobella quadraticaudatus, asaphid morrisi (104807)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Bathyurellus feitleri (80065)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Utah) Bathyurellus feitleri (104241)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Niobe morrisi, Niobella quadraticaudatus (104857) Niobe quadraticaudata, Niobe morrisi (104862 104868) Niobella quadraticaudatus (104856) Niobella quadraticaudatus, asaphid morrisi (104809 104813 104817 104864) asaphid morrisi (104810 104811)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Niobella sp. (20825)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Niobe sp. (205568)
Kunda469.1 - 464.3Sweden Niobe frontalis (188215 188219 188221 188222 188286 188299) Niobe sp. (188217 188268)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Norway Niobe sp. (3180)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Canada (Yukon) Niobe sp. (302)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (Xinjiang) Gog yangtzeensis (170840 170842)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2Ireland Niobe sp. (381)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Niobe sp. (33532)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (New York) Niobe sp. (328)