Biology:Qaleruaqia

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Short description: Extinct genus of invertebrates

Qaleruaqia
Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 4
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Polyplacophora
Order: Paleoloricata
Family: Mattheviidae
Genus: Qaleruaqia
Species:
Q. sodermanorum
Binomial name
Qaleruaqia sodermanorum
Peel, 2020

Qaleruaqia, known only from the Aftenstjernesø Formation, Lauge Koch Land, North Greenland is considered the earliest fossil aculiferan.[1] The type species, Q. sodermanorum, was named and described in 2020.[2]

References

  1. Beedham, G.E. & Trueman, E.R. 1967. The relationship of the mantle and shell of Polyplacophora in comparison with that of other Mollusca. Journal of Zoology 151, 215-231.
  2. John S. Peel (2020). "The oldest palaeoloricate mollusc (Cambrian Series 2, Stage 4; North Greenland) and its bearing on aculiferan evolution". Bulletin of Geosciences 95 (2): 127–144. doi:10.3140/bull.geosci.1779. https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1461436/FULLTEXT01. 

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