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Niobe (Niobella) obscura

Artiopoda - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Niobe (Niobella) obscura was named by Zhou and Zhou (2019). Its type specimen is WIGM OT0120, a cephalon/head (cranidium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hod26, Huanghuachang section, which is in a Floian carbonate limestone in the Dawan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Niobe (Niobella) obscura Zhou and Zhou p. 156 fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
RankNameAuthor
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNiobinaeJaanusson 1959
genusNiobeAngelin 1851
subgenusNiobella()
speciesobscura

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) obscura Zhou and Zhou 2019
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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: Floian or 477.10000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floian477.1 - 471.3China (Hubei) Niobe obscura (221197 type locality: 221198 221200)