Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Full reference: A. N. Sokolskaja. 1965. Orthids, Strophomenids, Chonetids, and Rhynchonellids, in The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:198-236
Belongs to Orthothetina according to G. Crippa and L. Angiolini 2012
See also Kotlyar 1989 and Sokolskaja 1965
Sister taxa: 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 yanziyanensis, Orthothetina yishanensis, Orthothetina yuananensis, Orthothetina zhejiangensis
Type specimen: PIN 2072/39, a shell (Articulated shell). Its type locality is Geranos Creek, Vedi River 2, Gnishik Horizon, which is in a Wordian marine limestone in the Gnishik Formation of Armenia.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (4 collections), Azerbaijan (5), Iran (6)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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