†Kimberella quadrata Glaessner and Wade 1966
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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 M. Wade 1972
Sister taxon: Kimberella persii
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 (1 collection), the Russian Federation (5)
• Vendian of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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