Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Alternative combination: Orthothetina arakeljani
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 Meekella according to L. Angiolini and L. Carabelli 2010
See also Grant 1970, Kotlyar 1989, Liao 1980, Shen and Shi 2007, Sokolskaja 1965, Yanagida and Nakornsri 1999, Yang et al. 1977 and Zhan 1989
Sister taxa: Meekella abnormalis, Meekella addicta, Meekella angustiplicata, 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 occidentalis, Meekella pacifica, Meekella prionota, Meekella procera, Meekella punjabica, Meekella pusilloplicata, Meekella rotunda, 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 specimen: PIN 2072/3
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Armenia (1 collection), Azerbaijan (2), China (19), Iran (2), Pakistan (1), Thailand (1)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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