Qaleruaqia
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| Qaleruaqia Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Polyplacophora |
| Order: | †Paleoloricata |
| Family: | †Mattheviidae |
| Genus: | †Qaleruaqia |
| Species: | †Q. sodermanorum |
| Binomial name | |
| †Qaleruaqia sodermanorum Peel, 2020 | |
Qaleruaqia, known only from the Aftenstjernesø Formation, Lauge Koch Land, North Greenland is considered the earliest fossil aculiferan.[1] The type species, Q. sodermanorum, was named and described in 2020.[2]