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Meekella nodosa

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae

Taxonomy
Meekella nodosa was named by Nakamura (1972). Its type specimen is UHR 12578 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kamiyasse, Niitsuki-cho, Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Kanokura Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Meekella nodosa Nakamura p. 388 figs. Pl 6, figs 3,4
2018Meekella nodosa Tazawa and Araki p. 17 fig. 4.3

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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
speciesnodosa

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 nodosa Nakamura 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available