Haootia quadriformis n. gen., n. sp., interpreted as a muscular cnidarian impression from the Late Ediacaran period (approx. 560 Ma)

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
• Main Authors: Liu, A.G., Matthews, J. J., Menon, L. R., McIlroy, D., Brasier, M. D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2014
• Subjects: 04 - Palaeobiology; Canada; Moot; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3111/; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3111/1/Proc.%20R.%20Soc.%20B-2014-Liu-.pdf; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3111/2/rspb20141202supp1.pdf; http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/3111/3/F1.large.jpg; https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1202

Muscle tissue is a fundamentally eumetazoan attribute. The oldest evidence for fossilized muscular tissue before the Early Cambrian has hitherto remained moot, being reliant upon indirect evidence in the form of Late Ediacaran ichnofossils. We here report a candidate muscle-bearing organism, Haootia...