Qaleruaqia

Qaleruaqia; Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 4 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
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.[1] The type species, Q. sodermanorum, was named and described in 2020.[2]

References

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.
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.

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[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.