Kimberella persii

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Podiata
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Genus: †Kimberella
Species: †Kimberella persii

Name

Kimberella persii Vaziri, Majidifard & Laflamme, 2018

Type material: Nine specimens; figured specimens Ch/14/49a, b, 62, Chahmir area.

Type locality: From gray argillaceous shales (sub-unit 6) of the Kushk Series in the Chahgaz (Dargazin) area near Kushk (Bafq) and Chahmir (Behabad), Central Iran.

References

Primary references

Vaziri, S.H., Majidifard, M.R. & Laflamme, M. 2018. Diverse Assemblage of Ediacaran fossils from Central Iran. Scientific Reports 8: 5060. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23442-y . Reference page.

Additional references

Vaziri, S.H., Majidifard, M.R., Darroch, S.A.F. & Laflamme, M. 2020 (Online) 2021 (Print). Ediacaran diversity and paleoecology from central Iran. Journal of Paleontology 95(2): 236–251. DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2020.88 . Reference page.