Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Full reference: M. J. McIntosh. 1974. Some Scottish Carboniferous brachiopods. Scottish Journal of Geology 10:199-222
Belongs to Orthothetina according to M. J. McIntosh 1974
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 transversa, Orthothetina triangularis, Orthothetina vediensis, Orthothetina yanziyanensis, Orthothetina yishanensis, Orthothetina yuananensis, Orthothetina zhejiangensis
Type specimen: No 104 LGOLU, a shell
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orthothetina thomasi in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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