Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Synonym: Orthothetina mutabilis Liang 1990
Full reference: W. Liang. 1982. Brachiopod taxonomic names. Palaeontological Atlas of East China 2:186-256
Belongs to Orthothetina according to S. Z. Shen and G. R. Shi 2007
See also Clapham 2015, Liang 1982 and Liang 1990
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 sokolskajae, Orthothetina thomasi, Orthothetina transversa, Orthothetina triangularis, Orthothetina vediensis, Orthothetina yanziyanensis, Orthothetina yishanensis, Orthothetina yuananensis, Orthothetina zhejiangensis
Type specimens:
- Orthothetina shuangtangensis: Its type locality is Shuangtangcun, Dingjiashan Fm, Jiangshan County, which is in a Wordian marine siliciclastic in the Dingjiashan Formation of China
- Orthothetina mutabilis: Its type locality is Lengwu, lower Cunhouling Member, Tonglu, which is in a Capitanian coastal siliciclastic in the Lengwu Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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