Quadratapora Explained

Quadratapora is a genus of lobopodian known only from its biomineralized dorsal plates, which somewhat resemble those of Microdictyon.[1] Its fossils date to the Tommotian, representing (perhaps along with Rhombocorniculum)[2] the earliest record of lobopodians.

Notes and References

  1. Zhang . X. -G. . Aldridge . R. J. . 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00634.x . Development and Diversification of Trunk Plates of the Lower Cambrian Lobopodians . Palaeontology . 50 . 2 . 401–415 . 2007 . 2007Palgy..50..401Z . free .
  2. Caron . J. -B. . Smith . M. R. . Harvey. T. H. P. . 2013 . Beyond the Burgess Shale: Cambrian microfossils track the rise and fall of hallucigeniid lobopodians. . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 280 . 1767 . 20131613 . 10.1098/rspb.2013.1613 . 23902914 . 3735267.

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