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

• Main Authors: Liu, Alexander G, Matthews, Jack J, Menon, Latha R, McIlroy, Duncan, Brasier, Martin D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2014
• Subjects: Cnidaria; Ediacaran; Newfoundland; metazoan; muscle; Animals; Biological Evolution; Fossils; Geologic Sediments; Newfoundland and Labrador; Phylogeny; Species Specificity; Canada; Moot
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/245780

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...