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词条 Meristella
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| fossil_range = Late Silurian-Late Devonian
~{{fossil range|418|360}}
| image = Annual report of the regents of the university of the state of New York on the condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History and the historical and antiquarian collection annexed thereto (1860) (14781774504).jpg
| image_caption = M. laevis, front and side views (nr. 15)
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Brachiopoda
| classis = Rhynchonellata
| ordo = Athyridida
| familia = Meristellidae
| genus = Meristella
| genus_authority = Hall
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
  • M. laevis
  • M. robertsensis
  • M. wheeleri

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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

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1. ^Meristella at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

  • R.C Moore 1952. Brachiopods, Ch 6. Moore, Lalicker, and Fischer. Invertebrate Fossils, McGraw-Hill.
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