Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1974. Permian brachiopods of West Texas, II. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 15:233-793
Belongs to Geyerella according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1974
Sister taxa: Geyerella alpina, Geyerella americana, Geyerella distorta, Geyerella gemmellaroi, Geyerella hessi, Geyerella inexpectata, Geyerella kedaoensis, Geyerella mongolica, Geyerella ofunatoensis, Geyerella ovata, Geyerella rex, Geyerella tschernyschewi, Turriculum imperans
Type specimen: USNM 150970o, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is USNM705, Hess Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in an Artinskian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Lenox Hills Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (11: Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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