Paramickwitzia Pan et al. 2020 (lamp shell)

Brachiopoda - Mickwitziidae

Full reference: B. Pan, C. B. Skovsted, G. A. Brock, T. P. Topper, L. E. Holmer, L. Y. Li, and G. X. Li. 2020. Early Cambrian organophosphatic brachiopods from the Xinji Formation, at Shuiyu section, Shanxi Province, North China. Palaeoworld 29(3):512-533

Parent taxon: Mickwitziidae according to Y. Liang et al. 2020

See also Pan et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Heliomedusa, Kerberellus, Mickwitzia, Microschedia, Setatella

Subtaxa: Paramickwitzia boreussinaensis

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shuiyu section. 4.0 m (Cambrian of China)

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