Micromitra
Extinct genus of brachiopods
Micromitra Temporal range: middle Early Cambrian–Upper Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Micromitra Undosa, Estonian Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | †Paterinata |
Order: | †Paterinida |
Family: | †Paterinidae |
Genus: | †Micromitra Meek, 1873 |
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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
- ^ Caron, Jean-Bernard; Jackson, Donald A. (October 2006). "Taphonomy of the Greater Phyllopod Bed community, Burgess Shale". PALAIOS. 21 (5): 451–65. Bibcode:2006Palai..21..451C. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022. S2CID 53646959.
External links
- "Micromitra burgessensis". Burgess Shale Fossil Gallery. Virtual Museum of Canada. 2011. Archived from the original on 2020-11-12.
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