Kimberella

Kimberella quadrata, fossil

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Genus: †Kimberella
Species: †K. persii – †K. quadrata

Name

Kimberella Wade, 1972

Type species: Kimberella quadrata Glaessner & Wade, 1966.

Synonymy

• Kimberia Glaessner & Wade, 1966 (preocc. by Kimberia Cotton & Woods, 1935)

References

Primary references

• Wade, M. 1972. Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa and other medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara fauna, South Australia. Palaeontology 15: 197–225. BHL Reference page. 
• Glaessner, M.F. & Wade, M. 1966. The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia. Palaeontology 9(4): 599–628. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Vaziri, S.H., Majidifard, M.R. & Laflamme, M. 2018. Diverse Assemblage of Ediacaran fossils from Central Iran. Scientific Reports 8: 5060. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23442-y . Reference page.