Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Meekella texana

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Taxonomy
Meekella texana was named by King (1931) [Meekella irregularis texana]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is R.E. King 199, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in a Gzhelian marine shale in the Gaptank Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Meekella texana King
1974Meekella texana Cooper and Grant p. 373 figs. Pl 118, figs 1-7

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
speciestexana

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 texana King 1931
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Artinskian or 303.70000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Meekella texana (43457 43476 43477 43484 43502 43503 43506 43507 43521 43522 43587 149720 149854 150110 150111 type locality: 150113 150114 150567 150568 150569)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Meekella texana (121456 149722 149856 149999 150571)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Texas) Meekella texana (102612)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Meekella texana (149775 150570 150572)