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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4866889	https://www.gbif.org/species/4866889
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	27631	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=27631

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Meekellidae : Meekella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
-	Lophophorata
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Orthotetida	Waagen 1884
superfamily	Orthotetoidea	Waagen 1884
family	Meekellidae	Stehli 1954
subfamily	Meekellinae	Stehli 1954
genus	Meekella	White & St John 1867

Scientific Name

Meekella White & St John, 1867

Name Published In

Trans. Chicago Acad., 1 (1)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Meekella	genus	belongs to Meekellinae	stated with evidence	Williams et al., 2000
Meekella	genus	belongs to Strophomenida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

331 - 323 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Brachiopoda)

Vision

blind (based on Strophomenata)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Brachiopoda)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Brachiopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Meekella abnormalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Meekella addicta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Meekella angustiplicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Meekella arakeljani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	279 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Meekella attenuata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		69	304 Ma Carboniferous	269 Ma Permian
Meekella baschkirica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Meekella beipeiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Meekella bellistriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Meekella bisculpta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	290 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Meekella calathica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		83	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Meekella caperata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Meekella chenxianensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Meekella circularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	299 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Meekella colpata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Meekella deltoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Meekella depressa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	299 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Meekella dongluoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Meekella enigma ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Meekella enormis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Meekella evanescens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Meekella eximia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	304 Ma Carboniferous	254 Ma Permian
Meekella eximiaeformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Meekella garnieri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	279 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Meekella gigantea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Meekella guocunensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Meekella hessensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		67	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Meekella heterofolda ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	265 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Meekella intermedia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Meekella irregularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Meekella jiangxiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Meekella julfensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Meekella kayseri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Meekella kueichowensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		81	265 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Meekella magnifica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	304 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Meekella megala ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Meekella mexicana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	303 Ma Carboniferous	265 Ma Permian
Meekella minatoi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Meekella minuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Meekella multilirata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Meekella nagaiwensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Meekella nodosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	272 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Meekella occidentalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	299 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Meekella pacifica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Meekella prionata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meekella prionota ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	304 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Meekella procera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Meekella punjabica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Meekella pusilloplicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Meekella sanheensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Meekella sichuanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Meekella skenoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		112	279 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Meekella sparsiplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meekella storta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Meekella striatocostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		46	331 Ma Carboniferous	265 Ma Permian
Meekella texana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		29	304 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Meekella timanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Meekella ufensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Meekella uncitoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Meekella undulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Meekella uralica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	307 Ma Carboniferous	260 Ma Permian
Meekella versiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Meekella yanjiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Meekella zhejiangensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	265 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Gegenella	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Meekellidae : *Gegenella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1985	Parameekella He and Zhu
1990	Asiomeekella Liang p. 120
2000	Meekella Williams et al. p. 660
2002	Gegenella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Meekella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Parameekella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

He X.L., Zhu M.L. (1985) Some Upper Permian new genera and species of Orthotetacea in southwest China, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 24 2, 198-204

Liang W. P. (1990) Lengwu Formation of Permian and its Brachiopod Fauna in Zhejiang Province, Geological Memoirs 2 10, 1-522

Williams A., Carlson S. J., et al (2000) Part H Brachiopoda (revised): Volumes 2 & 3, Linguliformea, Craniiformea, Rhynchonelliformea (part)., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, 1-919

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Trans. Chicago Acad., 1 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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