Niobe (trilobite)

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Niobe
Temporal range: 488.3–457.5  Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class:† Trilobita
Order:† Asaphida
Family:† Asaphidae
Genus:†Niobe
Angelin, 1851
Species
  • N. brevicauda
  • N. flabellifera
  • N. groenlandica
  • N. morrisi
  • N. occulta
  • N. quadraticaudata

Niobe is a genus of trilobites in the family Asaphidae. [1]

Asaphidae family of arthropods (fossil)


Asaphidae is a family of asaphid trilobites. Although the first genera originate in Upper Cambrian marine strata, the family becomes the most widely distributed and most species-rich trilobite family during the Ordovician. 754 species assigned to 146 genera are included in Asaphidae.

References

  1. ↑ S. M. Gon III. "Order Asaphida". Archived from the original on 6 January 2011. Retrieved December 7, 2010.


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