Kimberella

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Cladus: Bilateria
Genus: †Kimberella
Species: †K. persii – †K. quadrata

Kimberella Wade, 1972

Type species: Kimberia quadrata Glaessner & Wade, 1966.

Kimberia Glaessner & Wade, 1966: 611 (preocc. by Kimberia Cotton & Woods, 1935)
Kimberella Wade, 1972: 215 (nom. nov.)

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Wade, M. 1972. Hydrozoa and Scyphozoa and other medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara fauna, South Australia. Palaeontology 15(2): 197–225. BHL Reference page.

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