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Niobinae

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Niobinae was named by Jaanusson (1959). Its type is Niobe.

It was assigned to Asaphidae by Neuman and Bruton (1974), Fortey (1975), Hoel (1999) and Zhou and Zhou (2019).

Subtaxa
Gog, Lapidaria, Niobe (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Niobinae Jaanusson
1974Niobinae Neuman and Bruton
1975Niobinae Fortey
1999Niobinae Hoel
2019Niobinae Zhou and Zhou p. 156

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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
subfamilyNiobinaeJaanusson 1959

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.

Subfm. †Niobinae Jaanusson 1959
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G. †Gog Fortey 1975
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Gog catillus Fortey 1975
Gog yangtzeensis Lu 1975
G. †Lapidaria Tjernvik 1956
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Lapidaria rugosa Tjernvik 1956
Lapidaria tenella Tjernvik 1956
G. †Niobe Angelin 1851
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Subg. †Niobe (Niobella) Reed 1931
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Niobe (Niobella) bohlini Tjernvik 1956
Niobe (Niobella) inflecta Harrington and Leanza 1957
Niobe (Niobella) obscura Zhou and Zhou 2019
Niobe (Niobella) obsoleta Linnarsson 1869
Niobella birchensis Bao and Jago 2000
Niobella kanauguki Ross 1965
Niobella kozhuchensis Petrunina 1973
Niobella primaeva Westergard 1909
Niobella sanduensis Chien 1961
Niobe feitleri Holliday 1942
Niobe flabellifera Fortey 1975
Niobe frontalis Dalman 1827
Niobe groenlandica Poulsen 1937
Niobe morrisi Billings 1865
Niobe occulta Fortey 1975
Niobe quadraticaudata Billings 1865
Niobe vogti Strand 1948
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: fast-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-11 14:38:06
Modified: 2009-12-14 00:45:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Ibexian to the top of the Darriwilian or 488.30000 to 458.40000 Ma

Collections (199 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paibian - Taoyuanian501.0 - 485.4China (Hunan) Niobella yangjiawanensis (130015)
Batyrbaian498.5 - 485.4Kazakhstan Niobella kozhuchensis (118905 118907 118908 118909 118910)
Batyrbaian498.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Niobella altaiensis (205625)
Niuchehean498.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Niobella bella (107334 107335 126681 126682 126730 126731) Niobella sanduensis (107328) Niobella tianjiapingensis (126724)
Niuchehean498.5 - 485.4China (Anhui) Niobella sp. 1 (127534)
Niuchehean498.5 - 485.4Turkey Niobella sp. (133723)
Niuchehean498.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Sakha) Niobella sp. (133626)
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean498.5 - 485.4China (Zhejiang) Niobella yangjiawanensis (125526)
Batyrbaian - Tremadocian498.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Niobella altaiensis, Niobella sp. (205624)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Norway (Nes-Hamar) Niobella primaeva (194107)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Sweden (Skåne) Niobella primaeva (194105)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Russian Federation (Gorny Altai) Niobella altaiensis (203913 203914) Niobella sp. (203915 203916)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4United Kingdom Niobella homfrayi (229501) Niobella homfreyi (229503 229505 229507 229509)
Furongian - Tremadoc497.0 - 477.7Norway (Oslo-Asker) Niobella primaeva (194106)
Furongian - Tremadocian497.0 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Niobella sp. (205378)
Payntonian - Datsonian494.0 - 485.0Australia (Tasmania) Niobella birchensis (62280 62281)
Ibexian488.3 - 471.8Norway (Spitsbergen) Niobe occulta (106475)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Norway (Oslo) Niobe insignis, Niobella obsoleta (3183)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Sweden Niobe spp. (172663)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Norway (Oslo-Asker) Niobe insignis (185891)
Cressagian485.4 - 478.6United Kingdom (England) Niobella sp. (3663 3712)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Nevada) Niobella sp. (278 104511)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Nevada) Niobella sp. (104518)
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7Colombia Niobella sp. (8862)
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) Niobella sp. (20829 76571)
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7Czech Republic Niobella innotata (3837)
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7Norway (Ovre Oren) Niobe obsoleta (75288)
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7China (JiangXi) Niobe sp., Niobella sp. (7758 7759)
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7China (Guizhou) Niobella sp. (7367 7368 7369)
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7China (ZheJiang) Niobe sp. (7773 7774 7780 7816) Niobe sp., Niobella sp. (7802)
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7Sweden Niobe insignis, Niobella obsoleta (3107 3108) Niobe sp. (3110)
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Hypermecaspis inflecta (115987)
Tremadoc485.4 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) Niobella sp. (10948)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7United Kingdom Niobella homfrayi (208218 208222 208223) Niobella homfreyi (229519)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina Niobe inflecta (208287)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Norway Niobe sp. (190993)
Lancefieldian485.4 - 476.8Norway (Ringsaker) Niobe insignis, Niobe obsoleta (190983)
Lancefieldian485.4 - 476.8Sweden (Västergötland) Gog sp., Lapidaria tenella (190969)
Tulean485.4 - 471.8USA (Idaho) Niobe sp. (103805)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Alaska) Niobella kanauguki (100358 101846)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Akershus) Niobe bohlini, Niobe longicauda (190988)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Modum) Gog sp. (190990) Gog sp., Niobe longicauda (190923)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Iran Gog sp. (66868)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway Niobe bohlini (190970) Niobe bohlini, Niobe longicauda (190982)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Oslo-Asker) Niobe longicauda (190981)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Sweden Lapidaria sp., Niobe sp., Niobella sp. (3195) Niobe incerta, Niobella bohlini, Lapidaria rugosa (3194)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) Gog sp. (190884 190989) Gog sp., Niobe bohlini, Lapidaria rugosa (190918) Gog sp., Niobe bohlini, Niobe longicauda (190978) Niobe bohlini (190879 190881 190882 190974 190986) Niobe bohlini, Niobe longicauda (190880) Niobe longicauda (190885 190886 190984) Niobe sp. (190920)
Billingen478.6 - 471.8Sweden Niobe emarginula (198230 198231) Niobe emarginula, Niobella bohlini (192718) Niobella bohlini (198186) Niobella imparilimbata (192904 198163 198169 198171 198176)
Billingen478.6 - 471.8Norway (Spitsbergen) Gog catillus, Niobe flabellifera, Niobe occulta (106473)
Billingen478.6 - 471.8Estonia Niobella sp. (191966)
Billingen478.6 - 471.8Estonia (Harju) Niobella sp. (191968)
Billingen478.6 - 471.8Russian Federation Niobella imparilimbata (169217 169218)
Billingen478.6 - 471.8Sweden (Närne) Niobella imparilimbata (192903)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1China (Hubei) Gog yangtzeensis (116201 116202)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1China (Shaanxi) Gog yangtzeensis (116195)
Blackhillsian - Rangerian478.6 - 468.1USA (Utah) Niobe sp. (103784)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Greenland Niobe groenlandica (122080)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0China (Hubei) Niobe sp. (4715)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Sweden Lapidaria sp., Niobe sp., Niobella sp. (3196 3198 3246) Lapidaria sp., Niobella sp. (3248) Niobe sp., Niobella sp. (3199) Niobella sp. (3249)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Norway Niobella sp. (3184)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) Niobe sp. (20831) Niobella sp. (20823)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France (Montagne Noire) Niobella sp. (20820) Niobella subinsignis (20827)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hunan) Niobella sp. (226639)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hubei) Niobe obscura (221197 221198 221200)
Floian477.7 - 470.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Lapidaria sp. (205383)
Castlemainian - Yapeenian472.0 - 466.0Ireland Niobe ornata (153922)
Langevoja471.8 - 468.1Sweden Niobella sp. (198094 198107)
Rangerian471.8 - 468.1USA (Nevada) Bathyurellus feitleri (104289) Niobe quadraticaudata (297 104453)
Volkhov471.8 - 468.1Sweden (Bornholm) Niobe imparilimbata (173564 173600 173625 173626)
Volkhov471.8 - 468.1Russian Federation Niobe sp. (157086 157106 157111 157113 157117 157118 157119 157121 157126 157133 157135)
Volkhovian471.8 - 468.1Sweden Niobella imparilimbata (198157 198158) Niobella lindstroemi (198125 198130 198133 198134 198136)
Fennian471.8 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) Niobella sp. (20825)
Hunderum471.8 - 466.0Sweden Niobella laeviceps (198054 198058)
Whiterockian471.8 - 457.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Niobe morrisi, Niobella quadraticaudatus (104857) Niobe quadraticaudata, Niobe morrisi (104862 104868) Niobella quadraticaudatus (104856) Niobella quadraticaudatus, asaphid morrisi (104809 104813 104817 104864) asaphid morrisi (104810 104811)
Whiterockian471.8 - 457.5USA (Utah) Bathyurellus feitleri (104241)
Whiterockian471.8 - 457.5USA (Nevada) Bathyurellus feitleri (80065)
Dapingian470.0 - 467.3USA (Utah) Bathyurellus feitleri (104202 104232)
Kunda468.1 - 463.5Sweden Niobe frontalis (188215 188219 188221 188222 188286 188299) Niobe sp. (188217 188268)
Chazyan468.1 - 460.9Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Niobe quadraticaudata, Niobe morrisi (104861) Niobella quadraticaudatus (104805) Niobella quadraticaudatus, asaphid morrisi (104807)
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Niobe sp. (205568)
Early/Lower Llanvirn466.0 - 463.5Norway Niobe sp. (3180)
Llanvirn466.0 - 460.9Canada (Yukon) Niobe sp. (302)
Llanvirn466.0 - 460.9China (Xinjiang) Gog yangtzeensis (170840 170842)
Llanvirn466.0 - 460.9Ireland Niobe sp. (381)
Black River460.9 - 457.5USA (New York) Niobe sp. (328)
Ashbyan460.9 - 449.5USA (Virginia) Niobe sp. (33532)