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Meekella intermedia

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Taxonomy
Meekella intermedia was named by Cooper and Grant (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 150902a, a shell (Articulated shell), and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Meekella intermedia Cooper and Grant pp. 364-365 figs. Pl 105, fig 1-9

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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
superfamilyOrthotetoidea
familyMeekellidae
subfamilyMeekellinae
genusMeekella
speciesintermedia

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 intermedia Cooper and Grant 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height216.014.817.416.11.84

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: Kungurian or 279.30000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Meekella intermedia (75863 75864 75865 75881 81724 81726 81848 81860 81951 102627 106297)