''Qaleruaqia'', known only from the
Aftenstjernesø Formation,
Lauge Koch Land, North
Greenland
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is considered the earliest fossil
aculifera
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n. The type species, ''Q. sodermanorum'', was named and described in 2020.
References
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Monotypic prehistoric chiton genera
Cambrian molluscs
Fossil taxa described in 2020
Cambrian genus extinctions