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Kimberia quadrata

Taxonomy
Kimberia quadrata was named by Glaessner and Wade (1966) [= 1959 ‘Problematic fossil, possibly belonging to the Siphonophora’, Glaessner, in Glaessner and Daily, p. 391, pi. 47, fig. 9.]. Its type specimen is PI 2734 and is a compression preserving soft parts. Its type locality is Ediacara Range, which is in an Ediacaran open shallow subtidal sandstone in the Rawnsley Quartzite Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Kimberella quadrata by Glaessner (1959), Wade (1972) and Grazhdankin (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Kimberella quadrata Glaessner p. 391 figs. pl. 47, Fig. 9
1966Kimberia quadrata Glaessner and Wade pp. 611 - 612 figs. Plate 97, figs. 6, 7
1972Kimberella quadrata Wade
2014Kimberella quadrata Grazhdankin p. 272

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
RankNameAuthor
genusKimberia
speciesquadrata

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Kimberia quadrata Glaessner and Wade 1966
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