†family Mickwitziidae Gorjansky 1969 (lamp shell)
Parent taxon: Brachiopoda according to L. Devaere et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Acanthotretella, Ancylopoda, Arthropomata, Articulata, Clitambonoidea, Craniiformea, Dallinacea, Dichotomosella, Drakozoon, Ecardines, Eccentrotheca, Ernogia, Helictopoda, Inarticulata, Lathamella, Linguliformea, Lyopomata, Oymurania, Plectorhynchonella, Pygocaulia, Rhynchonelliformea, Rictia, Surindia, Testicardines, Thecidium, Tommotiida, Vjalovithyris
Subtaxa: Mickwitzia
Type: Mickwitzia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (1: Alberta collection), Greenland (21), Sweden (3), United States (2: California)
Total: 27 collections including 30 occurrences