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Niobe (Niobella) obsoleta

Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae

Taxonomy
Niobe obsoleta was named by Linnarsson (1869). Its type specimen is SGU K.V.A.H. VIII, 2, a cephalon/head, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Niobella obsoleta by Tjernvik (1953); it was recombined as Niobe (Niobella) obsoleta by Ebbestad (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. incerta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Niobe obsoleta Linnarsson p. 75 figs. Pl. 2 : 35
1953Niobella obsoleta Tjernvik pp. 228-229 figs. Text-fig. 37A, Pl. 5: 1, 2
1999Niobe (Niobella) obsoleta Ebbestad pp. 62 - 65 fig. 49

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
RankNameAuthor
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyAsaphoideaSalter 1864
familyAsaphidaeBurmeister 1843
subfamilyNiobinaeJaanusson 1959
genusNiobeAngelin 1851
subgenusNiobella()
speciesobsoleta(Linnarsson 1869)

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 (Niobella) obsoleta Linnarsson 1869
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Diagnosis
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