Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Alternative spelling: Orthotetina
Synonym: Lopingia Zhan 1979
Parent taxon: Meekellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also McIntosh 1974, Sepkoski 2002 and Zhan 1979
Sister taxa: Alatorthotetina, Geyerella, Meekella, Meekellogeyerella, Niviconia, Paraorthotetina, Perigeyerella, Sicelia
Subtaxa: Orthothetina azarjani Orthothetina caojiayingensis Orthothetina convergens Orthothetina curvata Orthothetina deminuta Orthothetina dzhulfensis Orthothetina ellipsoides Orthothetina elongata Orthothetina emaciatus Orthothetina eusarkos Orthothetina frechi Orthothetina gigantea Orthothetina hayasakai Orthothetina iljinae Orthothetina kayseri Orthothetina ladina Orthothetina leei Orthothetina mianzhuensis Orthothetina neilsoni Orthothetina peregrina Orthothetina persica Orthothetina planoconvexa Orthothetina polita Orthothetina regularis Orthothetina ruber Orthothetina ruchae Orthothetina shuangtangensis Orthothetina sokolskajae Orthothetina thomasi Orthothetina transversa Orthothetina triangularis Orthothetina vediensis Orthothetina yanziyanensis Orthothetina yishanensis Orthothetina yuananensis Orthothetina zhejiangensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian to Triassic of India (1 collection)
• Permian of Afghanistan (1), Armenia (23), Azerbaijan (26), China (290), Hungary (4), Indonesia (1), Iran (54), Italy (11), Japan (8), Malaysia (5), Pakistan (6), Thailand (3), Turkey (6), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of China (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 444 collections including 556 occurrences
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