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Niobina

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Niobina was named by Lake (1946) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem-l O Trem-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ogygiinae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Niobina Lake
1957Niobina Harrington and Leanza
2002Niobina Jell and Adrain p. 411
2002Niobina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusNiobinaLake 1946

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.

G. †Niobina Lake 1946
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Niobina taurina Harrington and Leanza 1957
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Migneintian or 481.10000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stage 10 - Tremadoc491.0 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) N. taurina (115828)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Czechia N. sp. (223845)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina N. sp. (9023)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1Argentina (Salta) N. taurina (115756 115829 115830)
Migneintian481.1 - 477.1United Kingdom (England) N. davidis (3709)