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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Incertae sedis
Class: Incertae sedis
Order: Incertae sedis
Family: Incertae sedis
Genus: Kimberella
Species: Kimberella quadrata
Author Citation Glaessner, 1959
Eon: Proterozoic
Era: Neoproterozoic
Period: Ediacaran
Sub Period: None
Epoch: None
Ust’ Pinega Formation
Zimnie Gory Beds
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Zimnie Gory
White Sea Coast
Arkhangelsk Oblast
Russia
Wikipedia: "The slug-like organism fed by scratching the microbial surface on which it dwelt in a manner similar to the gastropods, although its affinity with this group is contentious."
Reference reconstruction: Copyright holder Micha L. Rieser (Wikipedia)
Dorsal view of Kimberella.
a ) striae
b ) crenellated zone
c ) proximal ridge
d ) distal ridge
e ) anterior knoll
f ) lobe
g ) medial depressionor or midline ridge
Lit. Links:
Lit.: A.Yu. Ivantsov (2009) A New Reconstruction of Kimberella, a Problematic Vendian Metazoan
ISSN 0031-0301, Paleontological Journal, 2009, Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 601–611. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2009.
Original Russian Text published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, No. 6, pp. 3–12.
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