Meekella

Meekella

Collector(s): Spencer G. Lucas, Barry Stephen Kues · CC0 · via GBIF. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
MeekellinaePBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Brachiopoda
Life habit
low-level epifaunalPBDB, for Brachiopoda
Motility
stationary, attachedPBDB, for Brachiopoda
Vision
blindPBDB, for Strophomenata
Environment
marinePBDB, for Lophophorata

Time the record covers

At least 69 million years on record.

The record covers at least 323.4 Mya to 254.14 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 358.86 Mya to 251.902 Mya.

Devonian — about 0 of 940 occurrencesCarboniferous — about 82 of 940 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 858 of 940 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 0 of 940 occurrences361–357 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences357–354 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences354–350 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences350–346 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences346–342 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences342–339 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences339–335 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences335–331 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences331–328 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences328–324 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences324–320 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences320–317 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences317–313 Mya — about 2 occurrences313–309 Mya — about 3 occurrences309–305 Mya — about 5 occurrences305–302 Mya — about 33 occurrences302–298 Mya — about 49 occurrences298–294 Mya — about 55 occurrences294–291 Mya — about 28 occurrences291–287 Mya — about 31 occurrences287–283 Mya — about 35 occurrences283–279 Mya — about 107 occurrences279–276 Mya — about 110 occurrences276–272 Mya — about 94 occurrences272–268 Mya — about 81 occurrences268–265 Mya — about 83 occurrences265–261 Mya — about 23 occurrences261–257 Mya — about 52 occurrences257–253 Mya — about 81 occurrences253–250 Mya — about 65 occurrences323.4 Mya254.14 Mya361 Mya250 Mya

940 occurrences of Meekella on record, most of them in the Permian. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

940 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

121 formations

Skinner Ranch — 30.36°N, 103.21°WSkinner Ranch — 30.30°N, 103.28°WSkinner Ranch — 30.33°N, 103.23°WSkinner Ranch — 30.25°N, 103.35°WSkinner Ranch — 30.21°N, 103.42°WSkinner Ranch — 30.30°N, 103.43°WCathedral Mountain — 30.22°N, 103.43°WCathedral Mountain — 30.41°N, 103.11°WCathedral Mountain — 30.36°N, 103.19°WCathedral Mountain — 30.26°N, 103.37°WCathedral Mountain — 30.35°N, 103.25°WCathedral Mountain — 30.33°N, 103.24°WCathedral Mountain — 30.20°N, 103.45°WWord — 30.40°N, 103.16°WWord — 30.40°N, 103.14°WWord — 30.34°N, 103.30°WWord — 30.38°N, 103.29°WWord — 30.23°N, 103.44°WWord — 30.29°N, 103.39°WRoad Canyon — 30.24°N, 103.44°WRoad Canyon — 30.38°N, 103.16°WRoad Canyon — 30.39°N, 103.14°WRoad Canyon — 30.30°N, 103.34°WRoad Canyon — 30.35°N, 103.27°WRoad Canyon — 30.35°N, 103.24°WRoad Canyon — 30.30°N, 103.40°WChangxing — 31.10°N, 119.73°EChangxing — 22.42°N, 107.70°EChangxing — 29.49°N, 106.40°EChangxing — 28.10°N, 105.04°EChangxing — 26.91°N, 105.34°EChangxing — 25.72°N, 112.82°EChangxing — 26.61°N, 107.22°EChangxing — 28.96°N, 106.92°EChangxing — 27.15°N, 105.60°EChangxing — 28.95°N, 106.91°EChangxing — 27.46°N, 107.14°EChangxing — 30.30°N, 106.85°EChangxing — 30.21°N, 106.76°EChangxing — 30.09°N, 106.64°EChangxing — 29.91°N, 106.52°ELongtan — 29.91°N, 106.52°ELongtan — 26.68°N, 105.77°ELongtan — 29.80°N, 106.45°ELongtan — 29.05°N, 106.65°ELongtan — 24.89°N, 112.60°ELongtan — 26.08°N, 105.34°ELongtan — 26.61°N, 105.89°ELongtan — 30.92°N, 119.99°ELongtan — 25.45°N, 112.91°ELongtan — 29.84°N, 115.21°ELongtan — 30.08°N, 106.60°ELongtan — 28.81°N, 106.51°ELongtan — 27.46°N, 107.14°ELongtan — 30.21°N, 106.76°EBone Spring — 31.28°N, 104.85°WBone Spring — 31.35°N, 104.86°WBone Spring — 31.35°N, 104.86°WBone Spring — 31.90°N, 104.88°WBone Spring — 31.48°N, 104.95°WBone Spring — 31.49°N, 104.96°WBone Spring — 32.28°N, 104.51°WBone Spring — 31.61°N, 104.80°WBone Spring — 31.24°N, 104.76°WBone Spring — 31.55°N, 105.05°WNeal Ranch — 30.36°N, 103.13°WNeal Ranch — 30.35°N, 103.15°WGaptank — 30.40°N, 102.96°WGaptank — 30.18°N, 103.35°WGaptank — 30.35°N, 103.12°WGaptank — 30.35°N, 103.13°WGaptank — 30.32°N, 103.27°WRat Buri — 13.98°N, 99.36°ERat Buri — 13.40°N, 99.76°ERat Buri — 7.38°N, 99.30°ERat Buri — 13.46°N, 99.74°EHess — 30.36°N, 103.16°WHess — 30.37°N, 103.14°WHess — 30.30°N, 103.31°WHess — 30.45°N, 102.88°WForaker Limestome — 39.49°N, 96.27°WForaker Limestome — 39.25°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestome — 37.65°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestome — 39.07°N, 96.18°WForaker Limestome — 37.64°N, 96.43°WBeattie — 39.24°N, 96.60°WBeattie — 39.39°N, 96.41°WBeattie — 39.10°N, 96.64°WBeattie — 39.91°N, 95.91°WBeattie — 38.81°N, 96.20°WBeattie — 39.06°N, 96.29°WBeattie — 38.96°N, 96.12°WBeattie — 38.87°N, 96.19°WBeattie — 38.53°N, 96.42°WBeattie — 37.53°N, 96.49°WBeattie — 37.37°N, 96.54°WBeattie — 37.10°N, 96.49°WForaker Limestone — 39.25°N, 96.20°WForaker Limestone — 39.27°N, 96.44°WForaker Limestone — 38.37°N, 96.63°WForaker Limestone — 39.14°N, 96.31°WForaker Limestone — 37.82°N, 96.46°WForaker Limestone — 39.37°N, 95.88°WForaker Limestone — 39.07°N, 96.12°WForaker Limestone — 39.19°N, 96.57°WForaker Limestone — 37.25°N, 96.53°WForaker Limestone — 39.90°N, 95.91°WForaker Limestone — 38.91°N, 96.06°WForaker Limestone — 38.81°N, 96.08°WCherry Canyon — 31.89°N, 104.81°WCherry Canyon — 31.87°N, 104.87°WCherry Canyon — 31.65°N, 105.04°WLenox Hills — 30.35°N, 103.21°WLenox Hills — 30.32°N, 103.23°WLenox Hills — 30.25°N, 103.35°WLenox Hills — 30.25°N, 103.35°WCibolo — 29.86°N, 104.32°WCibolo — 29.83°N, 104.30°WDolzanova Soteska — 46.35°N, 14.30°EDolzanova Soteska — 46.38°N, 14.33°EKanokura — 39.00°N, 141.51°EKanokura — 39.08°N, 141.53°EKanokura — 38.92°N, 141.54°ELengwu — 29.92°N, 119.54°EDalong — 23.77°N, 108.86°EDalong — 26.61°N, 107.22°EDalong — 23.70°N, 109.32°EDalong — 26.67°N, 106.23°ERed Eagle Limestone — 38.37°N, 96.63°WRed Eagle Limestone — 38.13°N, 96.33°WRed Eagle Limestone — 39.06°N, 96.28°WRed Eagle Limestone — 38.04°N, 96.31°WRed Eagle Limestone — 38.83°N, 96.10°WWood Siding — 39.94°N, 95.93°WWood Siding — 39.38°N, 95.23°WWood Siding — 39.41°N, 96.20°WWood Siding — 39.07°N, 96.00°WWood Siding — 38.75°N, 95.97°WWood Siding — 37.90°N, 96.37°WHueco — 32.37°N, 106.88°WHueco — 31.34°N, 104.87°WHueco — 31.25°N, 104.83°WHueco — 31.14°N, 104.34°W

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The named rock units Meekella has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 97 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 60 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Meekella and its relatives

Permian

Where Meekella and its relatives were recorded in the Permian.

Found in the same rock

1,780 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 755 sites for Meekella, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

100 references

Each of the 940 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 88 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Meekella

Source
GBIF
Credit
Collector(s): Spencer G. Lucas, Barry Stephen Kues
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itMeekellinae through timeFormations of the PermianThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0.