Micromitra

Micromitra Temporal range: middle Early Cambrian–Upper Cambrian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	†Paterinata
Order:	†Paterinida
Family:	†Paterinidae
Genus:	†Micromitra Meek, 1873
Species
M. sculptilis Meek, 1873 (type) M. phillipsi Holl, 1865 M. ornatella Linnarsson, 1876 M. burgessensis Walcott, 1908 M. modesta Lochman, 1940 M. semicircularis Imanaliev and Pelman 1988 M. nerranubawu Kruse, 1990

Micromitra is a genus of brachiopod 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]

External links

"Micromitra burgessensis". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011.

References

↑ 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. JSTOR 20173022.

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