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Meekella hessensis

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Taxonomy
Meekella hessensis was named by King (1931). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R.E. King 122, Leonard Mountain, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Skinner Ranch Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Meekella hessensis King
1954Meekella hessensis Stehli p. 305 figs. Pl 18, figs 3-5
1974Meekella hessensis Cooper and Grant p. 362 figs. Pl 108, figs 11-31

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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
specieshessensis

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 hessensis King 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height912.25.7021.315.25.22

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 Artinskian to the top of the Kungurian or 290.10000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Meekella hessensis (43544 43545 43559 43564 43570 43605 75885 75886 75887 75931 75933 75934 75935 75936 102613 106124)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3USA (Texas) Meekella hessensis (75927 75929 81696 105730 105972)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Meekella hessensis (43496 43497 43499 43534 43558 43560 43561 43562 43566 43586 43609 75863 75864 75865 75919 75922 75923 75924 75925 75926 75961 81592 81635 81637 81710 81723 81724 81726 81943 81944 81951 101868 105689 105738 105842 105905 105907 105988 106297 108395 type locality: 113194 149987 150115 150603 150604)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (New Mexico) Meekella hessensis (105998)