Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Alternative combination: Orthotetes politus
Full reference: G. Fliegel. 1901. Uber obercarbonische Faunen aus Ost-und Sud-asien. Palaeontographica 48:91-136
Belongs to Orthothetina according to G. Termier et al. 1974
See also Fliegel 1901 and Nakamura 1972
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 regularis, Orthothetina ruber, Orthothetina ruchae, Orthothetina shuangtangensis, Orthothetina sokolskajae, Orthothetina thomasi, Orthothetina transversa, Orthothetina triangularis, Orthothetina vediensis, Orthothetina yanziyanensis, Orthothetina yishanensis, Orthothetina yuananensis, Orthothetina zhejiangensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Padang Highlands, which is in a Roadian/Wordian carbonate limestone in the Silungkang Formation of Indonesia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Indonesia (1), Japan (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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