Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Full reference: T. N. Tschernyschew. 1902. Verkhnekamennougol'nyya Brakhiopody Urala i Timana. Trudy Geologicheskago Komiteta 16(2):1-749
Belongs to Meekella according to J. I. Tazawa and T. Shintani 2014
See also Grabau 1931, Lee and Gu 1980, Tschernyschew 1902, Yang 1984 and Yang et al. 1977
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 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 versiformis, Meekella yanjiensis, Meekella zhejiangensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections), Japan (1)
• Carboniferous of China (2)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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