Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Full reference: I. Hayasaka. 1933. On the Carboniferous brachiopod fauna from the Nabeyama region, Totigi Prefecture, Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Taihoku Imperial University, Geology 6(2):9-44
Belongs to Orthothetina according to I. Hayasaka 1933
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 polita, 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 Kadosawa Limestone quarries, Nabeyama, Tochigi Prefecture (Hayasaka coll), which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Nabeyama Formation of Japan
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Japan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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