Micromitra

Micromitra; Temporal range: middle Early Cambrian–Upper Cambrian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Micromitra Undosa, Estonian Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Lophophorata
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 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. doi:10.2110/palo.2003.P05-070R. JSTOR 20173022.

External links

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

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[Caron2006-1] 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. JSTOR 20173022.