Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Full reference: C. Garbelli, L. Angiolini, S. Z. Shen, G. Crippa, D. X. Yuan, M. Bahrammanesh, S. Abbasi and M. Birjandi. 2014. Additional brachiopod findings from the Lopingian succession of the Ali Bashi Mountains, NW Iran. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 120:119-126
Belongs to Meekella according to C. Garbelli et al. 2014
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 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 sanheensis, Meekella sichuanensis, Meekella skenoides, Meekella storta, Meekella striatocostata, Meekella texana, Meekella timanica, Meekella ufensis, Meekella uncitoides, Meekella undulata, Meekella uralica, Meekella versiformis, Meekella yanjiensis, Meekella zhejiangensis
Type specimen: MPUM 11296, a shell. Its type locality is JU1, NW of Main Valley section, Kuh-e Ali Bashi, which is in a Wuchiapingian deep subtidal ramp limestone in the Julfa Formation of Iran.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Iran (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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