ammonites
Micromitra Meek 1873 (lamp shell)

Paterinata - Paterinida - Paterinidae

Synonym: Walcottina Cobbold 1921

Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1873. Lists of fossils collected. Sixth Annual Report of the U.S. Geological Survey of the territories, embracing portions of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah 463-478

Parent taxon: Paterinidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Dictyonina, Dictyonites, Kolihium, Lacunites, Paterina, Wynnia

Subtaxa: Micromitra bella, Micromitra lepida, Micromitra semicircularis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder