Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Full reference: T. C. Lu. 1982. Early Permian brachiopods from Gaoqiao, Mianchu, Sichuan Province. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 21(5):607-612
Belongs to Orthothetina according to T. C. Lu 1982
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 vediensis, Orthothetina yishanensis, Orthothetina yuananensis, Orthothetina zhejiangensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Yanziya Section F1, Mianzhu County, which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in the Liangshan Formation of China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Yanziya Section F1, Mianzhu County
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