Quaestio (genus)

This article is about the life form. For the journal, see Quaestio.

Quaestio
Temporal range: Ediacaran
Reconstruction of Quaestio simpsonorum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Genus: †Quaestio
Scott D. Evans et al., 2024
Species:
†Q. simpsonorum
Binomial name
†Quaestio simpsonorum
Scott D. Evans et al., 2024

Quaestio is an early motile marine animal which lived 555 million years ago in the Upper Ediacaran. It is the earliest known animal to bear evidence of left-right asymmetry. The type species is Q. simpsonorum.

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