| Qaleruaqia Temporal range: Cambrian Stage 4 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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. The type species, Q. sodermanorum, was named and described in 2020.
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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Qaleruaqia | |