Meristella
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M. laevis, front and side views (nr. 15) | |
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Genus: | Meristella Hall
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Meristella is an extinct genus of brachiopods found from the Late Silurian to the Late Devonian.[1] They are characterized by a smooth oval shell and a prominent incurved beak on the pedicle valve. Meristella is placed in the family Meristellidae of the articulate brachiopod order Athyridida.
Related genera include Charionella, Meristelloides, and Pentagonia.
References
[edit]- ^ Meristella at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
[edit]- R.C Moore 1952. Brachiopods, Ch 6. Moore, Lalicker, and Fischer. Invertebrate Fossils, McGraw-Hill.
Categories:
- Rhynchonellata
- Prehistoric brachiopod genera
- Devonian animals of North America
- Devonian United States
- Devonian animals of South America
- Devonian Colombia
- Fossils of Colombia
- Silurian first appearances
- Late Devonian animals
- Devonian extinctions
- Paleozoic life of Ontario
- Floresta Formation
- Paleozoic life of Manitoba
- Paleozoic life of New Brunswick
- Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia
- Paleozoic life of Nunavut
- Paleozoic life of Quebec
- Paleozoic life of Yukon