Qaleruaqia

Qaleruaqia
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
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. The type species, Q. sodermanorum, was named and described in 2020.

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