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Niobides

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Niobides was named by Harrington and Leanza (1957) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ogygiinae by Harrington and Leanza (1957); to Asaphida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Asaphidae by Jell and Adrain (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Niobides Harrington and Leanza
2002Niobides Jell and Adrain p. 411
2002Niobides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
genusNiobidesHarrington and Leanza 1957

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. †Niobides Harrington and Leanza 1957
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Niobides armatus Harrington and Leanza 1957
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Arenigian to the top of the Late/Upper Llanvirn or 478.60000 to 460.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Batyrbaian - Tremadocian498.5 - 477.7Russian Federation (Siberia) N. armatus (205624)
Arenigian478.6 - 468.1Argentina (Salta) N. armatus (115703 116032 116034 116035)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Argentina N. sp. (8777)
Arenig478.6 - 466.0Bolivia N. sp. (8846 9110)
Late/Upper Llanvirn463.5 - 460.9Bolivia N. mesops, N. armatus (8775)