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Niobe (Niobella)

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Niobella Reed
1958Niobella Henningsmoen
1999Niobe (Niobella) Ebbestad p. 62
1999Niobe (Niobella) Hoel
2000Niobella Bao and Jago p. 898
2002Niobella Jell and Adrain p. 411
2002Niobella Sepkoski
2019Niobe (Niobella) 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
subgenusNiobella()

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.

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
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
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).g
Created: 2009-06-08 11:47:39
Modified: 2009-06-08 13:47:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Cressagian to the top of the Floian or 486.50000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (120 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Taoyuanian - Niuchehean498.5 - 485.4China (Zhejiang) Niobella yangjiawanensis (125526)
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)
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Norway (Nes-Hamar) Niobella primaeva (194107)
Paibian - Taoyuanian497.0 - 485.4China (Hunan) Niobella yangjiawanensis (130015)
Furongian - Tremadoc497.0 - 477.7Norway (Oslo-Asker) Niobella primaeva (194106)
Furongian - Tremadocian497.0 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Niobella sp. (205378)
Batyrbaian491.5 - 485.4Kazakhstan Niobella kozhuchensis (118905 118907 118908 118909 118910)
Batyrbaian491.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Niobella altaiensis (205625)
Batyrbaian - Tremadocian491.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) Niobella altaiensis, Niobella sp. (205624)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4Russian Federation (Sakha) Niobella sp. (133626)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4Turkey Niobella sp. (133723)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Hunan) Niobella bella (107334 107335 126681 126682 126730 126731) Niobella sanduensis (107328) Niobella tianjiapingensis (126724)
Niuchehean489.5 - 485.4China (Anhui) Niobella sp. 1 (127534)
Payntonian - Datsonian489.5 - 485.4Australia (Tasmania) Niobella birchensis (62280 62281)
Cressagian486.5 - 482.0United Kingdom (England) Niobella sp. (3663 3712)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Argentina (Salta) Hypermecaspis inflecta (115987)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Sweden Niobella obsoleta (3107 3108)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (JiangXi) Niobella sp. (7758 7759)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Norway (Ovre Oren) Niobe obsoleta (75288)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Czech Republic Niobella innotata (3837)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Colombia Niobella sp. (8862)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7Canada (Alberta) Niobella sp. (10948)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Guizhou) Niobella sp. (7367 7368 7369)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7France (Montagne Noire) Niobella sp. (20829 76571)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (ZheJiang) Niobella sp. (7802)
Varangu485.4 - 484.5Norway (Oslo) Niobella obsoleta (3183)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Nevada) Niobella sp. (278 104511)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Nevada) Niobella sp. (104518)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Argentina Niobe inflecta (208287)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7United Kingdom Niobella homfrayi (208218 208222 208223) Niobella homfreyi (229519)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Alaska) Niobella kanauguki (100358 101846)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway Niobe bohlini (190970 190982)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Akershus) Niobe bohlini (190988)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Norway (Eiker-Sandsvær) Niobe bohlini (190879 190880 190881 190882 190918 190974 190978 190986) Niobe sp. (190920)
Tremadocian - Floian485.4 - 470.0Sweden Niobella bohlini (3194) Niobella sp. (3195)
Lancefieldian484.3 - 474.9Norway (Ringsaker) Niobe obsoleta (190983)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Norway Niobella sp. (3184)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0France (Montagne Noire) Niobella sp. (20823)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Sweden Niobella sp. (3196 3198 3199 3246 3248 3249)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hubei) Niobe obscura (221197 221198 221200)
Floian477.7 - 470.0China (Hunan) Niobella sp. (226639)
Floian477.7 - 470.0France (Montagne Noire) Niobella sp. (20820) Niobella subinsignis (20827)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Sweden (Närne) Niobella imparilimbata (192903)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Estonia Niobella sp. (191966)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Russian Federation Niobella imparilimbata (169217 169218)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Sweden Niobella bohlini (192718 198186) Niobella imparilimbata (192904 198163 198169 198171 198176)
Billingen474.8 - 471.1Estonia (Harju) Niobella sp. (191968)
Langevoja471.8 - 469.2Sweden Niobella sp. (198094 198107)
Hunderum471.8 - 466.0Sweden Niobella laeviceps (198054 198058)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Sweden (Bornholm) Niobe imparilimbata (173564 173600 173625 173626)
Volkhov471.1 - 469.2Sweden Niobella imparilimbata (198157 198158) Niobella lindstroemi (198125 198130 198133 198134 198136)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0France (Montagne Noire) Niobella sp. (20825)