Micrina is an extinct genus of tommotiids with affinities to brachiopods. Micrina can be considered a stem group brachiopod based on its larval shell...
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Mickwitzia (section Micrina)
characteristic shell microstructure in common with Tommotiids such as Micrina, and like this taxon, mickwitziids may not have been able to enclose their...
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brachiopods. One crucial fossil linking the tommotiids with brachiopods is Micrina. Analysis on the microscopic inner structure of the phosphatic shell has...
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examples hint that some species bore carbonate or carbonaceous sclerites. Micrina and Paterimitra possess bivalved shells in their larval phases, which preserve...
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Valentine, J.L.; Paterson, J. R. (June 2008). "The Early Cambrian tommotiid Micrina, a sessile bivalved stem group brachiopod". Biology Letters. 4 (6): 724–8...
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fossil interpreted as a stem-group Brachiopod. It consists of a pair of Micrina-like shells that broadly follow a logarithmic coiling trajectory with a...
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