Mickwitzia occidens Walcott 1908 (lamp shell)

Brachiopoda - Mickwitziidae

Full reference: C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Brachiopoda: descriptions of new genera and species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(3):53-137

Belongs to Mickwitzia according to Y. Liang et al. 2021

See also Rowell 1977 and Walcott 1908

Sister taxon: Mickwitzia pretiosa

Type specimen: USNM, a shell

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Greenland (21 collections), United States (2: California)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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