Biology:Micromitra

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Short description: Extinct genus of brachiopods

Micromitra
Temporal range: middle Early Cambrian–Upper Cambrian
Estonian Museum of Natural History - Micromitra Undosa.png
Micromitra Undosa, Estonian Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Paterinata
Order: Paterinida
Family: Paterinidae
Genus: Micromitra
Meek, 1873
Species
  • M. nerranubawu M. burgessensis
  • M. sculptilis Meek, 1873 (type)
  • Holl, 1865 Walcott, 1908
  • M. modesta M. ornatella
  • Lochman, 1940 Kruse, 1990
  • M. phillipsi Linnarsson, 1876
  • Imanaliev and Pelman 1988 M. semicircularis

Micromitra is a genus of brachiopods known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 160 specimens of Micromitra are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.3% of the community.[1]

References

  1. Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS 21 (5): 451–65. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. Bibcode2006Palai..21..451C. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16917654 entry