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Niobe feitleri

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Niobe feitleri was named by Holliday (1942). Its type specimen is MCZ 4719, a pygidium, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bathyurellus feitleri by Ross and Longwell (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Niobe feitleri Holliday p. 473 figs. Plate 74, figure 7
1964Bathyurellus feitleri Ross, Jr. and Longwell p. C21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNiobinaeJaanusson 1959
genusNiobeAngelin 1851
speciesfeitleri

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 feitleri Holliday 1942
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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 11:40:33
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:40:33
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 to the top of the Dapingian or 470.30000 to 467.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian470.0 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Bathyurellus feitleri (104289)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3USA (Utah) Bathyurellus feitleri (104202 104232)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Utah) Bathyurellus feitleri (104241)
Whiterockian470.0 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Bathyurellus feitleri (80065)