Paramickwitzia boreussinaensis 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

Belongs to Paramickwitzia according to B. Pan et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NIGPAS 168765. Its type locality is Shuiyu section. 4.0 m, which is in a Nangaoian shallow subtidal siltstone in the Xinji Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Shuiyu section. 4.0 m

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