Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Full reference: S. Ni. 1977. Brachiopoda names. Palaeontological Atlas of South-Central China 2:306-470
Belongs to Orthothetina according to S. Ni 1977
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 yanziyanensis, Orthothetina yishanensis, Orthothetina zhejiangensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Yangjiatang, Maokou Formation, Yuan'an County, which is in a Roadian/Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Maokou Formation of China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Yangjiatang, Maokou Formation, Yuan'an County
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