Meristella
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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
- ^ Meristella at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- 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
- Fossils of Michigan
- Fossils of California
- Fossils of Colorado
- Fossils of Indiana
- Fossils of Iowa
- Devonian animals of South America
- Devonian Colombia
- Fossils of Colombia
- Silurian first appearances
- Late Devonian animals
- Devonian extinctions
- Fossils of Kentucky
- Fossils of Missouri
- Fossils of Nevada
- Fossils of New York
- Fossils of Oklahoma
- Fossils of Tennessee
- Paleozoic life of Ontario
- Floresta Formation
- Paleozoic life of Manitoba
- Paleozoic life of New Brunswick
- Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia