Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358
Parent taxon: Orthotetoidea according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also McIntosh 1974
Sister taxa: Derbyiidae, Orthotetellidae, Orthotetidae, Pulsiidae, Schuchertellidae
Subtaxa: Meekellinae Omboniinae
Type: Meekella
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (1 collection)
• Permian to Triassic of India (1)
• Permian of Afghanistan (1), Armenia (23), Austria (1), Azerbaijan (28), Cambodia (1), China (416), Greece (11), Guatemala (2), Hungary (6), Indonesia (1), Iran (81), Italy (21), Japan (18), Laos (2), Malaysia (7), Mexico (8), Oman (15), Pakistan (14), the Russian Federation (2), Slovenia (4), Tajikistan (3), Thailand (28), Tunisia (9), Turkey (31), Ukraine (5), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (489: Alaska, Arizona, California, Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Wyoming), Venezuela (5), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous of China (5), the Russian Federation (1), South Korea (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (91: Kansas, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 1338 collections including 1825 occurrences