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Paramickwitzia

Mickwitziidae

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YearName and author
2020Paramickwitzia Liang et al. pp. Table 1
2020Paramickwitzia Pan et al. p. 525

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
familyMickwitziidaeGorjansky 1969
genusParamickwitzia

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G. †Paramickwitzia Pan et al. 2020
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Paramickwitzia boreussinaensis Pan et al. 2020
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Pan et al. 2020Shell gently convex with sub-marginal apex in both valves. Ventral metamorphic shell heart shaped, raised above posterior margin and with low apsacline ventral pseudointerarea. Dorsal metamorphic shell gently dome-shaped with two pairs of lobes around the protegulum; dorsal pseudointerarea orthocline (may later change to catacline during ontogeny). Pseudointer- areas of both valves wide, with poorly defined pedicle groove. Both valves with unevenly distributed open pores along posterior margin and between growth increments on pseudointerarea, sometimes associated with tubular indentations of previously formed shell layers (indicating shell penetrating setae on pseu- dointerareas). External ornament of fine radial costellae and concentric ridges with rounded pustules formed at intersections. Internal surfaces with hollow cone-shaped projections associated with tubules penetrating the secondary but not the primary shell.