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Meekella skenoides

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Taxonomy

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Meekella skenoides Girty p. 206 figs. Pl 30, figs 8,9
1908Meekella difficilis Girty p. 207 figs. Pl 30, figs 10-10g
1909Meekella difficilis Girty
1909Meekella skenoides Girty
1974Meekella skenoides Cooper and Grant p. 370 figs. Pl 99, figs 40,41; pl 101, figs 9-13; pl 104, figs 1-10; pl 108, figs 6-10; pl 115, figs 1-32; pl 11
1981Meekella skenoides Hoover p. 47 figs. Pl 2, figs 7-16

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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
speciesskenoides

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 skenoides Girty 1908
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Invalid names: Meekella difficilis Girty 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1811.33.9027.811.36.00

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 Kungurian to the top of the Capitanian or 279.30000 to 259.90000 Ma

Collections (112 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Venezuela (Merida) Meekella skenoides (41507 41508 41513 41514 41516)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Meekella difficilis (113191 113193 113195 121457 149773 149783 149820 149821 149825 149831 149836 149860 149993 149997 150117 150243 150244 150246 150554 150555 150556 150557 150558 150559 150560 150562 150564) Meekella skenoides (150605)
Kungurian - Wordian279.3 - 265.1USA (Texas) Meekella difficilis (149822)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Meekella skenoides (43548 43549 43551 43553 81518 81645 81650 81693 81722 101767 102602 102605 105592 105726 105741 105743 105750 105887 105932 105933 106021 106107 106109 106123 108862 108898 113196 113197 113208 113209 150252 150606 150607 150609 150610 150658 150661)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Mexico (Coahuila) Meekella difficilis (150138 150563)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 265.1USA (Texas) Meekella skenoides (102630 106046 106049 106053 106147 149828 149944 150118 150662)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.9USA (Texas) Meekella skenoides (108856)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1USA (Texas) Meekella skenoides (43526 43550 43552 43557 81619 81628 81636 81695 81709 81939 81941 102626 105573 105683 105764 105821 105934 105977 106105 106290 106291 150108 150255 150608 150657 150659 150660)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9USA (Texas) Meekella skenoides (81625 81706)