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Niobella tianjiapingensis

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Niobella tianjiapingensis was named by Liu (1982). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Niobella tianjiapingensis Liu

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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
genusNiobellaAngelin 1851
speciestianjiapingensisLiu 1982

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.

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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 11:47:39
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:47:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Niuchehean or 491.00000 to 486.85000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Niuchehean491.0 - 486.85China (Hunan) Niobella tianjiapingensis (126724)