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Niobe (Niobella) bohlini

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Niobe (Niobella) bohlini was named by Tjernvik (1956). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hunneberg Group Limestone Biota, Vastergotland, which is in a Hunneberg deep subtidal shelf limestone in the Latorp Formation of Sweden.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Niobe (Niobella) bohlini Tjernvik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
RankNameAuthor
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNiobinaeJaanusson 1959
genusNiobeAngelin 1851
subgenusNiobella()
speciesbohliniTjernvik 1956

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 (Niobella) bohlini Tjernvik 1956
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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 et al. 2009, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Hunneberg to the top of the Billingen or 482.90000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) Niobe bohlini (190879 190880 190881 190882 190918 190974 190978 190986)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Norway (Akershus) Niobe bohlini (190988)
Tremadocian - Floian486.85 - 471.3Norway Niobe bohlini (190970 190982)
Hunneberg482.9 - 475.6Sweden Niobella bohlini (type locality: 3194)
Billingen475.6 - 471.3Sweden Niobella bohlini (192718 198186)