†Mickwitzia Schmidt 1888 (lamp shell)
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Parent taxon: Mickwitziidae according to Y. Liang et al. 2020
See also Bengtson 1992, Devaere et al. 2015 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Heliomedusa, Kerberellus, Microschedia, Paramickwitzia, Setatella
Subtaxa: Mickwitzia lochmanae Mickwitzia monilifera Mickwitzia multipunctata Mickwitzia muralensis Mickwitzia occidens Mickwitzia pretiosa
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (7 collections), Canada (1: Alberta), Greenland (2), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (3), United States (2: California)
Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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