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Niobe

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Niobe was named by Angelin (1851) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Fran-u O Cara-l Sepkoski's reference number: 81,795]. It is the type genus of Niobinae.

It was assigned to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Niobinae by Neuman and Bruton (1974), Fortey (1975), Hoel (1999) and Zhou and Zhou (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Niobe Angelin
1974Niobe Neuman and Bruton
1975Niobe Fortey
1999Niobe Hoel
2002Niobe Jell and Adrain p. 411
2002Niobe Sepkoski
2019Niobe 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
genusNiobeAngelin 1851

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.

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