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Mickwitzia

Mickwitziidae

Taxonomy
Mickwitzia was named by Schmidt (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tomm-u Cm Tojo Sepkoski's reference number: 22]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Paterinida by Bengtson (1992), Sepkoski (2002); and to Mickwitziidae by Devaere et al. (2015), Liang et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Mickwitzia Schmidt
1992Mickwitzia Bengtson p. 1030
2002Mickwitzia Sepkoski
2015Mickwitzia Devaere et al.
2020Mickwitzia Liang et al. pp. Table 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
familyMickwitziidaeGorjansky 1969
genusMickwitziaSchmidt 1888

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Mickwitzia Schmidt 1888
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Mickwitzia lochmanae McMenamin 1992
Mickwitzia monilifera Linnarsson 1869
Mickwitzia multipunctata McMenamin 1992
Mickwitzia muralensis Walcott 1913
Mickwitzia occidens Walcott 1908
Mickwitzia pretiosa Walcott 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryp
Attached: yesp
Life habit: low-level epifaunalp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2009-06-02 13:40:39
Modified: 2009-06-02 15:40:39
Source: g = genus, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range: base of the Montezuman to the top of the Stage 3 or 520.00000 to 514.50000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation M. monilifera (235441)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Sweden M. pretiosa, M. monilifera (9878 9879 9880)
Stage 3521.0 - 514.5Australia (South Australia) M. sp. (275184 275185 275187 275188 275200 275202 275207)
Montezuman520.0 - 515.3USA (California) M. occidens (203379)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Canada (Alberta) M. muralensis (10867)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7USA (California) M. occidens (219695)
Dyeran515.3 - 509.7Greenland M. occidens (67787 67794)