Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Full reference: F. Bayan. 1874. Sur quelques fossiles paléozoïques de Chine. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Troisième Série 2:409-415
Belongs to Meekella according to D. L. Yang 1984
See also Bayan 1874, Nakamura 1972 and Yang et al. 1977
Sister taxa: Meekella abnormalis, Meekella addicta, Meekella angustiplicata, Meekella arakeljani, Meekella attenuata, Meekella baschkirica, Meekella beipeiensis, Meekella bellistriata, Meekella bisculpta, Meekella calathica, Meekella caperata, Meekella chenxianensis, Meekella circularis, Meekella colpata, Meekella deltoides, Meekella depressa, Meekella dongluoensis, Meekella enigma, Meekella enormis, Meekella evanescens, Meekella eximia, Meekella eximiaeformis, Meekella gigantea, Meekella guocunensis, Meekella hessensis, Meekella heterofolda, Meekella intermedia, Meekella irregularis, Meekella jiangxiensis, Meekella julfensis, Meekella kayseri, Meekella kueichowensis, Meekella magnifica, Meekella megala, Meekella mexicana, Meekella minatoi, Meekella minuta, Meekella multilirata, Meekella nagaiwensis, Meekella nodosa, Meekella occidentalis, Meekella pacifica, Meekella prionota, Meekella procera, Meekella punjabica, Meekella pusilloplicata, Meekella rotunda, Meekella sanheensis, Meekella sichuanensis, Meekella skenoides, Meekella storta, Meekella striatocostata, Meekella texana, Meekella timanica, Meekella ufensis, Meekella uncitoides, Meekella undulata, Meekella uralica, Meekella versiformis, Meekella yanjiensis, Meekella zhejiangensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vallée du Yang-tsee-Kiang, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (2 collections), Japan (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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