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Kimberella

Taxonomy
Kimberella was named by Glaessner (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: V u].

It was assigned to Mollusca by Fedonkin and Waggoner (1997); to Medusae by Sepkoski (2002); to Kimberellomorpha by Erwin et al. (2011); and to Bilateralomorpha by Grazhdankin (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Kimberella Glaessner
1997Kimberella Fedonkin and Waggoner pp. 868-871 figs. 1-2
2002Kimberella Sepkoski
2011Kimberella Erwin et al.
2014Kimberella Grazhdankin p. 272

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Kimberellomorpha
RankNameAuthor
genusKimberellaGlaessner 1959

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.

G. †Kimberella Glaessner 1959
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Kimberella persii Vaziri et al. 2018
Kimberella quadrata Glaessner and Wade 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available