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Kimberella White Sea body-plan sample

More than 35 late Ediacaran body fossils test a mollusc-like interpretation without preserving a crown diagnosis.

Represented range558–555 Ma
RegionsWhite Sea, Russia
CladesMolluscan origin dossier route · Kimberella quadrata

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morphology · medium

More than 35 White Sea Kimberella specimens document a bilaterally symmetrical benthic body with a broad foot-like region and a non-mineralized dorsal cover; resemblance to molluscs is a bounded interpretation, not crown membership or a preserved radula.

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References

  1. The Late Precambrian fossil Kimberella is a mollusc-like bilaterian organismFedonkin, M.A.; Waggoner, B.M. · 1997 · DOI 10.1038/42242
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