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Niobe morrisi

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Asaphus morrisii was named by Billings (1865) [Lectotype selected by Whittington 1965. ]. Its type specimen is GSC 656 (lectotype), a pygidium, and it is a mold.

It was recombined as Niobe morrisi by Raymond (1925).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. incerta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Asaphus morrisii Billings p. 272
1925Niobe morrisi Raymond p. 78 figs. Plate 6, fig. 10

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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
speciesmorrisi(Billings 1865)

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 morrisi Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available