Micromitra

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Micromitra
Temporal range: middle Early Cambrian–Upper Cambrian
Micromitra Undosa, Estonian Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Paterinata
Order: Paterinida
Family: Paterinidae
Genus: Micromitra
Meek, 1873
Species
  • M. sculptilis Meek, 1873 (type)
  • M. phillipsi Holl, 1865
  • M. ornatella Linnarsson, 1876
  • M. burgessensis Walcott, 1908
  • M. modesta Lochman, 1940
  • M. semicircularis Imanaliev and Pelman 1988
  • M. nerranubawu Kruse, 1990

Micromitra is a genus of brachiopods known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale. 160 specimens of Micromitra are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed, where they comprise 0.3% of the community.[1]

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