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Kimberella is an
extinct genus of
bilaterian known only from
rocks of the
Ediacaran period. The slug-like
organism fed by
scratching the
microbial surface...
- in
Ediacaran sediments, and the
first bona fide
bilaterian fossil is
Kimberella,
dating to 555 million
years ago.
Earlier fossils are controversial; the...
- annelids, flatworms, rotifers,
arrow worms, etc.), as well as the
extinct Kimberella.
Together with
Protostomia and
their outgroup Xenacoelomorpha, they constitute...
- million-year-old
Kimberella was a
member of the protostomes. If so, this
means the
protostome and
deuterostome lineages must have
split some time
before Kimberella appeared—at...
-
falls apart if the organisms'
characteristics are
changed even slightly:
Kimberella and
Odontogriphus are early,
primitive molluscs,
without sclerites or...
-
whether some
Ediacaran and
Early Cambrian fossils really are molluscs.
Kimberella, from
about 555 million
years ago, has been
described by some paleontologists...
- dubiously[further
explanation needed] been
compared to
molluscs include Kimberella and Odontogriphus. Good
evidence exists for the
appearance of gastropods...
- debate,[clarification needed]
having been
interpreted as
early molluscs (
Kimberella),
echinoderms (Arkarua); and
arthropods (Spriggina, Parvancorina, Yilingia)...
- and
early bilaterians such as Xenacoelomorpha, as well as mollusc-like
Kimberella. Hard-bodied
organisms with
mineralized s**** or endoskeletons, which...
- Subkingdom:
Eumetazoa Clade:
ParaHoxozoa Clade:
Bilateria Clade:
Centroneuralia Telford, 2021
Clades Chordata Protostomia †
Kimberella Ecdysozoa Spiralia...
