Kimberella quadrata Glaessner and Wade 1966

Kimberellomorpha

Full reference: M. F. Glaessner and M. Wade. 1966. The late Precambrian fossils from Ediacara, South Australia. Palaeontology 9(4):599-628

Belongs to Kimberella according to S. H. Vaziri et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Kimberella persii, Kimberia quadrata

Type specimen: PI 2734. Its type locality is Ediacara Range, which is in an Ediacaran open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Ediacaran of Australia (2 collections), Brazil (1), the Russian Federation (9)

• Vendian of the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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