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Niobella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3267120	https://www.gbif.org/species/3267120
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	20078	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=20078

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Asaphidae : Niobella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
class	Trilobita	Walch 1771
order	Asaphida	Salter 1864
superfamily	Asaphoidea	Salter 1864
family	Asaphidae	Burmeister 1843
genus	Niobella	Reed 1931

Scientific Name

Niobella Reed, 1931

Name Published In

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) 7

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Niobella	genus	belongs to Asaphidae	stated with evidence	Henningsmoen, 1958
Niobella	subgenus	belongs to Niobe	stated with evidence	Ebbestad, 1999
Niobella	genus	belongs to Asaphidae	stated with evidence	Bao and Jago, 2000
Niobella	genus	belongs to Asaphida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Niobella	genus	belongs to Asaphidae	stated without evidence	Jell and Adrain, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian

Last Recorded Appearance

472 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

Environment

marine (based on Trilobita)

Motility

fast-moving (based on Asaphida)

Vision

well-developed (based on Asaphidae)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Asaphida)

Ontogeny

molting,addition of parts (based on Trilobita)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Harrington et al. (1959).

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, chitin (based on Trilobita)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J.O.R. Ebbestad. 1999. Trilobites of the Tremadoc Bjørkåsholmen Formation in the Oslo Region, Norway. Fossils and Strata 47:1-118

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Niobe (Niobella) bohlini ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		14	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Niobe (Niobella) homfrayi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Niobe (Niobella) imparilimbata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		13	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Niobe (Niobella) obsoleta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Niobe bohlini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Niobella birchensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	494 Ma Cambrian	494 Ma Cambrian
Niobella bohlini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Niobella homfrayi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Niobella imparilimbata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Niobella innotata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Niobella kanauguki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Niobella kozhuchensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	499 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Niobella obsoleta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Niobella primaeva ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	497 Ma Cambrian	497 Ma Cambrian
Niobella sanduensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	499 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Niobella tianjiapingensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	499 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian
Niobella yangjiawanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	501 Ma Cambrian	499 Ma Cambrian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1931	Niobella Reed
1958	Niobella Henningsmoen
1999	Niobe (Niobella) Ebbestad p. 62
1999	Niobe (Niobella) Hoel
2000	Niobella Bao and Jago p. 898
2002	Niobella Jell and Adrain p. 411
2002	Niobella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Ebbestad J.O.R. (1999) Trilobites of the Tremadoc Bjørkåsholmen Formation in the Oslo Region, Norway, Fossils and Strata 47, 1-118

Henningsmoen G. (1958) The Upper Cambrian faunas of Norway\r\nWith Descriptions of Non-Olenid Invertebrate Fossils, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift, 180-194

Hoel O. A. (1999) Trilobites of the Hagastrand Member (Tøyen Formation, lowermost Arenig) from the Oslo Region, Norway, Part 1: Asaphidae, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 79, 179-204

Bao J.-S., Jago J.B. (2000) Late Late Cambrian trilobites from near Birch Inlet, south-western Tasmania, Palaeontology 43 5, 881-917

Jell P. A., Adrain J. M. (2002) Available generic names for trilobites, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 48 2, 331-553

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (10) 7 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

extinct group - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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