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Meristina

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Meristina
Temporal range: Late Ordovician – Middle Devonian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
Order: †Spiriferida
Family: †Meristellidae
Genus: †Meristina
Hall, 1867
Synonyms[1]
  • Whitfieldia Davidson, 1882

Meristina is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Ordovician to the Middle Devonian of Asia, Europe, and North America. Meristina had a smooth convex shell with a one-inch diameter.

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