Meekella pusilloplicata Liao, 1980b

Chen, Zhong-Qiang, Campi, Monica J., Shi, Guang R. & Kaiho, Kunio, 2005, Post-extinction brachiopod faunas from the Late Permian Wuchiapingian coal series of South China, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50 (2), pp. 343-363 : 352

Meekella pusilloplicata Liao, 1980b

Fig. 7I.

Meekella pusilloplicata sp. nov.; Liao 1980b: 256, pl. 3: 1–4.

Locality and horizon: Daijiagou section; 3 rd member of the Lungtan Formation.

Remarks.—A dorsal internal mold (NMV P309623), pentagonal in outline, agrees fully with Liao’s (1980b) description of the species. The diagnostic features include: maximum width at hingeline, costellae fine, weakly plicate, dorsal socket plates well developed, diverging laterally. Meekella kueichowensis Huang, 1933 shares a similar outline and size to the nominal species, from which this Huang’s species is easily distinguished in the possession of a proportionally narrower hingeline and coarser ribs.