The arrangement of possible muscle fibres in the Ediacaran taxon Haootia quadriformis

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Jack J. Matthews, Alexander G. Liu, Duncan McIlroy, Martin D. Brasier, Latha R. Menon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Royal Society 2015
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/pubmedpublicationtype/D016420; Comment; /dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/pubmedpublicationtype/D016428; Journal Article; /dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/pubmedpublicationtype/D013485; Research Support; Non-U.S. Gov't; Comments and Invited Replies; General Biochemistry; Genetics and Molecular Biology; General Immunology and Microbiology; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Environmental Science; General Medicine; archeo; geo; Canada; Newfoundland
• Online Access: https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/48625977/Haootia_reply_revised_final_PDF.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.2949; https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4345459/; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2014.2949; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rspb.2014.2949; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2014.2949; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25673688; http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4345459; https://wwsw.vietsciences.org/research/059/040/059040794.php; https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2003677337

Haootia quadriformis from Newfoundland, Canada, is one of the most unusual impressions of a soft-bodied macro-organism yet described from the late Ediacaran Period. Interpreted as a metazoan of cnidarian grade [[1][1]], the body impression of H. quadriformis possesses features interpreted as fibrous