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Meekella prionota

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Taxonomy
Meekella prionota was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 153339, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Meekella prionota Cooper and Grant pp. 368-370 figs. Pl 99, figs 1-39; pl 124, figs 21-25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderOrthotetidaWaagen 1884
suborderOrthotetidina
superfamilyOrthotetoidea()
familyMeekellidae
subfamilyMeekellinae
genusMeekella
speciesprionota

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Meekella prionota Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1313.43.6025.615.07.35

Composition: low Mg calcitep
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-15 05:25:57
Modified: 2010-02-15 07:25:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Kungurian or 303.70000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Meekella prionota (43453 43457 43483 43488 43506 43524 105974)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Meekella prionota (43468 43469 43472 43474 43475 43479 43481 43482 75939 75952 75953 105594)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Meekella prionota (43571)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Meekella prionota (43533 43540)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Meekella prionota (75861)