Kimberella - Wikipedia
WEBKimberella is an extinct genus of bilaterian known only from rocks of the Ediacaran period. The slug-like organism fed by scratching the microbial surface on which it dwelt in a manner similar to the gastropods, [2] although its affinity with this group is contentious. [3]
Evidence of the world's oldest meal may have been discovered
WEBNov 24, 2022 · One of the oldest meals ever eaten may have been discovered in a fossil over half a billion years old. A mollusc-like animal known as Kimberella appears to have enjoyed a meal of green algae and bacteria shortly before its death 558 million years ago.
The Late Precambrian fossil Kimberella is a mollusc-like bilaterian ...
WEBAug 28, 1997 · Kimberella is an oval-to-pear-shaped, bilaterally symmetrical fossil, with several zones arranged concentrically. Fossils range from 3 to 105 mm in length; the largest specimen is...
Reconstructing Kimberella — The Disputed Anatomy in Detail
WEBSep 12, 2020 · Gehling et al. (2014) featured a reconstruction of Kimberella as a molluscan grade organism with a single shell and said that “this reconstruction of Kimberella includes an inferred stiff but flexible unmineralized shield that enclosed internal organs.”
Oldest evidence of digested plants in a roughly 575-million-year …
WEBNov 22, 2022 · Researchers from Australia recovered fossils of two Ediacara—Kimberella and Dickinsonia—in 2018 from steep cliffs in a remote area of Russia near the White Sea. Now, scientists are figuring ...
World’s ‘oldest meal’ discovered in 550-million-year-old fossil
WEBNov 25, 2022 · The Kimberella fossil, discovered Russia in 2018, shows evidence of the earliest known animal meal, scientists said.
Oldest meal on record dates back half a billion years - New Atlas
WEBNov 24, 2022 · In fossils of a strange slug-like creature called Kimberella, which lived half a billion years ago, scientists have found food molecules preserved in the gut, revealing what and how these ancient...
World’s Oldest Meal Helps Unravel Mystery of Our ... - SciTechDaily
WEBJan 16, 2023 · By examining the molecular remains of what the animals ate, the researchers were able to confirm the slug-like organism, known as Kimberella, had a mouth and a gut and digested food the same way modern animals do. The researchers say it was likely one of the most advanced creatures of the Ediacarans.
WEBKimberella is an oval-to-pear-shaped, bilaterally symmetrical fossil, with several zones arranged concentrically. Fossils range from 3 to 105mm in length; the largest specimen is incomplete
New data on Kimberella, the Vendian mollusc-like organism …
WEBJan 1, 2007 · The taphonomic varieties of over 800 specimens of Kimberella (collected from the Vendian rocks of the White Sea region) provide new evidence of the animal's anatomy such as: shell morphology, proboscis, mantle, possibly respiratory folds and possibly musculature, stomach and glands.