Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Alternative combination: Streptorhynchus occidentalis
Synonyms: Meekella grandis King 1931, Meekella pyramidalis Newberry 1861, Streptorhynchus pyramidalis Newberry 1861
Belongs to Meekella according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1974
See also Beus 1990, McKee 1938 and Stehli and Grant 1970
Sister taxa: Meekella abnormalis, Meekella addicta, Meekella angustiplicata, Meekella arakeljani, Meekella attenuata, Meekella baschkirica, Meekella beipeiensis, Meekella bellistriata, Meekella bisculpta, Meekella calathica, Meekella caperata, Meekella chenxianensis, Meekella circularis, Meekella colpata, Meekella deltoides, Meekella depressa, Meekella dongluoensis, Meekella enigma, Meekella enormis, Meekella evanescens, Meekella eximia, Meekella eximiaeformis, Meekella garnieri, Meekella gigantea, Meekella guocunensis, Meekella hessensis, Meekella heterofolda, Meekella intermedia, Meekella irregularis, Meekella jiangxiensis, Meekella julfensis, Meekella kayseri, Meekella kueichowensis, Meekella magnifica, Meekella megala, Meekella mexicana, Meekella minatoi, Meekella minuta, Meekella multilirata, Meekella nagaiwensis, Meekella nodosa, Meekella pacifica, Meekella prionota, Meekella procera, Meekella punjabica, Meekella pusilloplicata, Meekella sanheensis, Meekella sichuanensis, Meekella skenoides, Meekella storta, Meekella striatocostata, Meekella texana, Meekella timanica, Meekella ufensis, Meekella uncitoides, Meekella undulata, Meekella uralica, Meekella versiformis, Meekella yanjiensis, Meekella zhejiangensis
Type specimens:
- Meekella occidentalis: Its type locality is USNM768, Camp 73, Cascado River, Grand Canyon, which is in a Kungurian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona
- Meekella grandis: Its type locality is R.E. King 174, Hill 5157, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Hess Formation of Texas.
- Streptorhynchus pyramidalis:
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Guatemala (2 collections), United States (10: Arizona, Texas)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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